It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.
Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.
If your only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
In America-as elsewhere-free speech is confined to the dead.
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.