Wit is artificial; humor is natural. Wit is accidental; humor is inevitable. Wit is born of conscious effort; humor, of the allotted ironies of fate. Wit can be expressed only in language; humor can be developed sufficiently in situation.

A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal.

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.

The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.

An historian without political passions is as rare as a wasp without a sting.

We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.