Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it.

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.

A man with a hump-backed uncle mustn't make fun of another man's cross-eyed aunt

Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.

Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink - under any circumstances.

Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.