All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Lack of money is the root of of all evil.

I really don't think I could consent to go to Heaven if I thought there were no animals there.

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.

Life is too short for men to take it seriously.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.