Too much of anything is a mistake, as the man said when his wife presented him with four new healthy children in one day. We should practice moderation in all matters.

We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself.

I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion.

I like cats.... When I meet a cat, I say, "Poor Pussy!" and stoop down and tickle the side of its head; and the cat sticks up its tail in a rigid, cast-iron manner, arches its back, and wipes its nose up against my trousers; and all is gentleness and peace.

Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination