The new friends whom we make after attaining a certain age and by whom we would fain replace those whom we have lost, are to our old friends what glass eyes, false teeth and wooden legs are to real eyes, natrual teeth and legs of flesh and bone.
Bachelors' wives and old maids' children are always perfect.
Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.
Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.
Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.