If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

Amusement to an observing mind is study.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.