You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others.

For will anyone dare to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling among boats? He must have never seen a boat, or never seen an office, who says so.

The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance.

Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.

Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest

A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect.