Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to sh…

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages; and unless some…

If I saw a glass of wine repeatedly presented to a man, and he took no notice of it, I should be apt to think that he was blind or uncivil. A juster philosophy…

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is alway…

'As everyone knows, a fag is a homosexual gentleman who has just left the room.'