These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the
melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.

These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the
melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.

The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination read more

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

A good marriage is like a good trade: Each thinks he got the better deal.

A good marriage is like a good trade: Each thinks he got the better deal.