John Oliver Hobbes Quotes

... entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death ...

... love comes to man through his senses—to woman through her imagination.

If the gods have no sense of humour they must weep a great deal.

"A man's way of loving is so different from a woman's," sighed Anna. </br> "There ain't nothing," said Mrs. Grimmage, "there ain't nothing that makes them so sulky and turns them against you so soon as saying anything like that."

Ah, it is silliness to pass a wolf because one is hunting foxes.

Disappointments—like fate and love—will not bear to be too much talked about.

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew.

He did not speak again till just before he died, when he kissed his wife’s hand with singular tenderness and called her "Elizabeth." She had been christened Augusta Frederica; but then, as the doctors explained, dying men often make these mistakes.

... unimaginable moments lack </br> Th' appropriate language we would give to them. </br> For daily talk and excellent occasions </br> There is a stock of sentiments all wound </br> Like skeins of wool around our tongues. </br> We hold them Deliciously tinged for every use.

Reason! A fool can give more reasons for his folly than a saint can urge for his wisdom. We have five senses, but only one conscience. That explains everything. The game is unequal.

What a man has done bores everybody, but what he is going to do is always delightful.

All forced virtue is degrading in its effect.

We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.

Those who have made unhappy marriages walk on stilts, while the happy ones are on a level with the crowd. No one sees 'em!

... I had rather sleep and eat and dance </br> Than hear a nightingale any day o' the week!