There are only two qualities in the world: efficiency and inefficiency; and only two sorts of people: the efficient and the inefficient.

I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.

Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.

Pedantry is paraded knowledge.

There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.

Truth is the edict of God.