Society and the World

A VICE IS ONLY AN EXAGGERATION OF A NECESSARY AND VIRTUOUS FUNCTION.

VICES AND VIRTUES ARE OF A STRANGE NATURE, FOR THE MORE WE HAVE, THE FEWER WE THINK WE HAVE.

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue – is hypocrisy.

Oh, blameless people are always the most exasperating.

Oone should alwayd be drunk… With wine, with poetry, or with virtue as you choose. but get drunk

I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

IF THERE WERE NO BAD PEOPLE, THERE WOULD BE NO GOOD LAWYERS.

If one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.

IN MANY WALKS OF LIFE, A CONSCIENCE IS A MORE EXPENSIVE ENCUMBRANCE THAN A WIFE OR A CARRIAGE.

IN MANY WALKS OF LIFE, A CONSCIENCE IS A MORE EXPENSIVE ENCUMBRANCE THAN A WIFE OR A CARRIAGE.

AN UNFORTUNATE THING ABOUT THIS WORLD IS THAT THE GOOD HABITS ARE MUCH EASIER TO GIVE UP THAN THE BAD ONES.

HOW LIKE HERRINGS AND ONIONS OUR VICES ARE IN THE MORNING AFTER WE HAVE COMMITTED THEM.

Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.

I ALWAYS ADVISE PEOPLE NEVER TO GIVE ADVICE.

You can think clearly only with your clothes on.

Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

IN UNIVERSITY THEY DON’T TELL YOU THAT THE GREATER PART OF THE LAW IS LEARNING TO TOLERATE FOOLS.

I WISH PEOPLE WEREN’T SO SET ON BEING THEMSELVES, WHEN THAT MEANS BEING A BASTARD.

TRUE TERROR IS TO WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND DISCOVER THAT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY.

You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.

PEOPLE ALWAYS LIVE FOREVER WHEN THERE IS ANY ANNUITY TO BE PAID THEM.

He hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink: his intellect is not replenished.