A wish is a dish that's a lot like a fish: Once it's been eaten it's harder to throw back. - Mr. Rakshasas
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
The bone won't come to the dog. It's the dog that goes to the bone.
Philosophy begins when you don't know where to look for an answer.
A man's bookseller should keep his confidence, like his physician. What can become of a world where every man knows what another man reads? Why, sir, books would become like quacks' potions, with every mountebank in the newspapers claiming one volume's superiority over another.
When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.