If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.

It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.

No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.

The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

We die only once, and for such a long time.

There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.