I just got back from New York. You ever been there? There was a big gay parade going on there when I was there, and I never been to one of them, and I like a parade. I always like a parade. So, I go there, and it turns out, it's just a bunch of gay guys.

The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

Women of no beauty may yet be flattered to believe they possess some; others of a moderate share that they have a great deal; but those of elegance and charm generally know the perfection of their external graces so well, that they seem to covet that flattery most which heightens the opinion of their wit and judgment.

A lot of writers come from Harvard and such, and are rich, and they write under the misapprehension that poor people are stupid. So when they do write them, they are hillbillies or rednecks or Christian idiots.

Education makes some men wiser, others more ridiculous and foolish!

During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.

The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.