Society and the World

If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.

A man is not idle, because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and there is an invisible labour.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.

THERE ARE MEN WHO FEAR REPARTEE IN A WIFE MORE KEENLY THAN A SWORD.

GOOD AND BAD MEN ARE EACH LESS SO THAN THEY SEEM.

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

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

Oh, blameless people are always the most exasperating.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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