Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.
We rocked to a stop still on a downslope.
Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.