I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other men. There is not much harm in a lion. He has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility; in short, no reason for destroying anything that he does not want to eat

Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals

I'm only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller.

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.

Life is too short for men to take it seriously.

It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.