Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.