Philosophy begins when you don't know where to look for an answer.
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
When something needs to be said, you look for a man to say it. But when something needs actually to be done, you look for a woman.
The bone won't come to the dog. It's the dog that goes to the bone.
Sometimes human nature can leave you looking just a little shamefaced.
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.