A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on.

Every one knew he could foretell wars and famines, though that was not so hard, for there was always a war, and generally a famine somewhere.

Cherimoya, the most delicious fruit known to men.

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get a set which can really be depended on 'till a dentist makes him one.

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.