It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

The old know what they want the young are sad and bewildered.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.