The only people that a bank will loan money to is the very people who don't need it.

God cures and the doctor sends the bill.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

There is no security in life, only opportunity.

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.

I have no liking for novels or stories - none in the world; and so, whenever I read one - which is not oftener than once in two years, and even in these same cases I seldom read beyond the middle of the book - my distaste for the vehicle always taints my judgment of the literature itself, as a matter of course; and also of course makes my verdict valuless. Are you saying "You have written stories yourself." Quite true: but the fact that an Indian likes to scalp people is no evidence that he likes to be scalped.

No one can tell me what is a good cigar - for me. I am the only judge. People who claim to know say that I smoke the worst cigars in the world. They bring their own cigars when they come to my house.