A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Life is one long process of getting tired.
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"