What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

Truthfulness with me is hardly a virtue. I cannot discriminate between truths that and those that don't need to be told.

What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

I have always wanted to be a man, if only for the reason that I would like to have gauged the value of my intellect.

I do not say I was ever what I would call "plain," but I have the sort of face that bores me when I see it on other people.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.