Gelett Burgess

A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of a hero

To make fun of a person to his face is a brutal way of amusing one's self; be delicate and cunning, and keep your laugh in your sleeve, lest you frighten away your game.

hen the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress.

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.

If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.

Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade.