No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.

Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.

I knew a man who grabbed a cat by the tail and learned forty percent more about cats than the man who didn't.

If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty. If it is loaded my immortal and inflexible purpose is to get over the fence and go home. My invariable practice in war has been to bring out of every fight two-thirds more men than when I went in. This seems to me Napoleonic in its grandeur.

Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.

There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.