I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.

A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning the main aim of his life.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

The public do not know enough to be experts, but know enough to decide between them.

The extremes of vice and virtue are alike detestable, and absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is.

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.

Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.