A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when bad, he is entitled to none at all.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

In literature imitations do not imitate.

The choir always tittered and whispered all through the service. There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was.

Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.

Sometimes people do get hurt

Never waste a lie; you never know when you may need it.