There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.
The ugly can be beautiful. The pretty, never.
The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.