Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Punctuality is the sole of business.

Every man's religion is his own, and nobody else's business.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.