Pretty women without religion are like flowers without perfume.

Laughter is wholesome. God is not so dull as some people make out. Did not He make the kitten to chase its tail.

There is no Sixth Commandment in art. The poet is entitled to lay his hands on whatever material he finds necessary for his work.

Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood.

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.

I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.

Genius: 1. to believe your own thought. To believe that what is true for you is ultimately true. 2. a sledgehammer. 3. the fruit of labour and thought. 4. soul. 5. the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. 6. something one can become.