There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.