There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.