Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.
When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then.
A man with a career can have no time to waste upon his wife and friends; he has to devote it wholly to his enemies.
All is vanity, and discovering it - the greatest vanity.
Conscience is the name which the orthodox give to their prejudices.
It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field.