There are several ways to lay out a little garden; the best way is to get a gardener.

A guy wanted the vet to cut his dog's tail off. The vet asked why. Well, my mother in law is visiting next month and I want to eliminate any possible indication that she is welcome.

The sole perfection which modern civilization attains is a mechanical one; machines are splendid and flawless, but the life which serves them or is served by them, is neither superb nor brilliant, nor more perfect nor more graceful; nor is the work of the machines perfect; only they, the machines, are like gods.

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end...

If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle.

You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.