I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
I nearly fell again, but new hands grabbed me from in front and dragged me down a steel floor and then forced me to my knees and locked my hands to something behind me.
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.