How superbly brave is the Englishman in the presence of the awfulest forms of danger and death; and how abject in the presence of any and all forms of hereditary rank.

Every inventor is a crackpot until his idea succeeds.

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.

If you can't stand solitude, perhaps others find you boring as well.

Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.

If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.