Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

It is when their age of passions is past that great men produce their masterpieces, just as it is after volcanic eruptions that the soil is most fertile.

Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.

Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.

Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.