The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Up ahead, I saw someone, a middle-aged lady in a hippie dress, falter and fall.
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.