Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so on. .... It is almost impossible to imagine a talker who sticks to the facts. Carried away by the sound of his own voice and the applause from the groundlings, he makes inevitably the jump from logic to mere rhetoric.

There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.

For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

No politician is ever benefited by saving money; it is spending it that makes him.

Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.

One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

The first kiss is stolen by the man; the last is begged by the woman.