I have always said the first Whig was the Devil.
In discussing these exceptions from the course of nature, the first question is, whether the fact be justly stated. That which is strange is delightful, and a pleasing error is not willingly detected.
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he thinks so or not, he certainly thinks those whom he flatters of consequence enough to be flattered.
It is our first duty to serve society.
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
It doesn’t help for you to name a character’s first name be Mindy and then be like, “I’m nothing like the character.”
Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.
In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?
Human beings were given a left foot and a right foot to make a mistake first to the left, then to the right, left again and repeat.
Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place.
The first time you do a thing is always exciting.
First we have to believe, and then we believe.
The first time he’d held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt.
Jeremy, Good luck on your first marriage.
If finding an apartment is like falling in love, buying one is like proposing on your first date and agreeing not to see each other until the wedding.
I don’t like to read anything on the radio for the very first time, because I don’t have any notion of a reaction. When I read it out loud, then I get an idea of that, and more of an idea of how to read.
At first, writing for The New Yorker was very scary to me. I couldn’t imagine anything that I would write in that typeface.