Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me.
Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.
Be my brother or I will kill you.
False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
In the library of the world men have hitherto been ranged according to the form, and the binding; the time is coming when they will take rank and order according to their contents and intrinsic merits.