It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.

The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid

Credit is a young man's capital.

Lord AUGUSTUS:(looking around) Time to educate yourself, I suppose. DUMBY: No, time to forget all I have learned. That is much more important.

Fantastic shadows of birds