Experience of life (not of books) is the only capital usable in such a book as you have attempted; one can make no judicious use of this capital while it is new.
There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.
Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.
It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?