A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory.
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.
Reason is not what decides love.
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do the face? Would you equate artifice and sincerity? Confound appearance with truth? Regard the phantom as the very person? Value counterfeit as cash?
A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.
One newspaper a day ought to be enough for anyone who still prefers to retain a little mental balance.
Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.
Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.