Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.

There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.

If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times

When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins.

The only way to even approach doing something perfectly is through experience, and experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

The only real people are the people who never existed.

It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.