Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.

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

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.