I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will.

Those who understand the steam engine and the electric telegraph spend their lives in trying to replace them with something better.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses is a libertine.

I occasionally swank a little because people like it; a modest man is such a nuisance.

Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.