The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. |
There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster |
There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster |
We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart. |
When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift. |
Women and elephants never forget an injury |
You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed. |