I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it.

We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim - objects press around us, filling the mind with the throng of desires that wait upon them, so that we have no room for the thoughts of death.

Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.

Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.