Quotes
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was, that they escaped teething.
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
There is no description of a fool, he said, that you fail to satisfy.
I don't aim to quit while I'm ahead. I just aim to quit.
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" — a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1 — to tell him you have read one of his books; 2 — to tell him you have read all of his books; 3 — to ask him to let you read the manuscript of his forthcoming book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2 admits you to his admiration; No. 3 carries you clear into his heart.
Tell the truth or trump — but get the trick.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Adam was but human — this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
