“Woman absent is woman dead.”
“When in Rome, do as Rome does.”
“Habit is a shackle for the free.”
“Historian. A broad -- gauge gossip.”
“Saint. A dead sinner revised and edited.”
“A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
“Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.”
“A man is known by the company he organizes.”
“Politeness -- The most acceptable hypocrisy.”
“Think twice before you speak to a friend in need.”
“A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.”
“The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”
“Bore -- a person who talks when you wish him to listen.”
“Alien. An American sovereign in his probationary state.”
“An egotist is a person interested in himself than in me!”
“Life. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.”
“Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.”
“To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.”
“Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.”
“Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.”
“To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.”
“Learning. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.”
“Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.”
“Bride. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.”
“A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.”
“Truth -- An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.”
“Irreligion. The principal one of the great faiths of the world.”
“An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.”
“Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.”