A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor..

There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth..

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives..

Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity..

We owe to one another all the wit and good humour we can command; and nothing so clears our mental vistas as sympathetic and intelligent conversation..

The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon th….

Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage..

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization..

Diaries tell their little tales with a directness, a candor, conscious or unconscious, a closeness of outlook, which gratifies our sense of security.….

Discussion without asperity, sympathy with fusion, gayety unracked by too abundant jests, mental ease in approaching one another; these are the thing….

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self..

We have but the memories of past good cheer, we have but the echoes of departed laughter. In vain we look and listen for the mirth that has died away….

There is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl..

People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism..

The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them..

Every misused word revenges itself forever upon a writer's reputation..

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding..

The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat..

Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it..

Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and une….

We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities..