There is no bore like a clever bore.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

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

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.