Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.

Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes: it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something else is taken. Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts.

As soon as a child has left the room his strewn toys become affecting.

I am become a transparent eyeball.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

Performing on a stool, we've got a sight to make you drool, seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.