During a long and varied career as a bachelor, dear spouse [mock platform manner], I have noticed that marriage is usually the death of politeness between a man and a woman.

Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality.

Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.

A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements.