A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.

One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day there are too many ready-made ones to render this a desirable policy.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

Fastidiousness is the envelope of indelicacy.