Not greatness of the mind but of the wind has made him the man he is.
The metaphor is far more intelligent than its author, and this is the case with many things. Everything has its depths. He who has eyes sees something in everything.
To me his style seems by no means unusual; it is the manner of all the fellows who want to say more than they know, and pleases the crowd precisely because it makes them think they understand things of which they don’t know a word.
Her petticoat had very wide red and blue stripes and looked as if it were made of theatre curtain. I’d have paid a lot for a front-row-centre seat, but the curtain was Never raised.
Everyone should study at least enough philosophy and belles lettres to make his sexual experience more delectable.
He had outgrown his library as one outgrows a vest. Generally speaking, libraries can become too tight or too loose for the soul.
If I know the genealogy of Lady Learning correctly, Ignorance is her older sister. Is it really such a shame to take the elder, even though the younger stands ready to do one’s bidding? I have heard from everyone who has known the elder sister that she has charms of her own, that she is a good, fat girl who serves splendidly as a wife, precisely because she sleeps more hours than she is awake.
This man was so intelligent that he could not be used for anything in the world.
A grave is still the best fortification against the storms of destiny.
If someone writes badly — very well, let him write! To make an ass of oneself is a long way from suicide.