I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.

Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

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

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.