How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.

To be possessed is an admirable reason for possessing.

The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people seem to think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and sudden acquisition of wealth.

As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less Who goes to bed with whom.