His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.

His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Heat, ma am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.