Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.