A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call him Fitz-William.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his pedigree.

When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.