It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

The quickest way to take the starch out of someone who is always blaming himself is to agree with him.

A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.

The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition.

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths.