A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.

A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.