Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the rule.

A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.