There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

There is no such thing as a new idea. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope.

Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India.

He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel like that.

The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.