The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.
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.