“It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others”

“Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs”

“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated”

“People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves ”

“Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile”

“Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature”