A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.