Marriage -- yes, it is the supreme felicity of life. I concede it. And it is also the supreme tragedy of life. The deeper the love the surer the tragedy. And the more disconsolating when it comes.
A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.
Education is what remains when what is learned has been taken away.
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.