I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.