He Who Has Lived A Day Has

The Events We Most Desire Do Not Happen; Or, If They Do, It Is Neither In The Time Nor In The Circumstances When They Would Have Given Us Extreme Pleasure.

A Man Often Runs The Risk Of Throwing Away A Witticism If He Admits That It Is His Own.

Women Are Extreme; They Are Better Than Men, Or Worse.

Most Men Employ The First Part Of Life To Make The Other Part Miserable. [fr., La Plupart Des Hommes Emploient La Premiere Part Vie A Rendre L'autre Miserable.]

Making A Book Is A Craft, Like Making A Clock; It Needs More Than Native Wit To Be An Author.