All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.