You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.
Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.
You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
Some people make headlines while others make history.