The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.

When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."

No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean it.

Love affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I wish to be the hero, with no audience present.

The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.