One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.

Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.

If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature.

Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual.