How perilous it is to free a people who prefer slavery.
The death of a child occasions a passion of grief and frantic tears, such as your end, brother reader, will never inspire.
Women are jealous of cigars. . . they regard them as a strong rival.
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
Almost all women have hearts full of pity.
At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word; on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.
The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.
There are some people, who I'll charitably call snobs, who are dismissive of any conversation that doesn't begin with the full level of complexity. That's just not how the world works.
There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness
You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.