I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one.

Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.

Never tell a lie-except for practice.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one. From the code of morals I have been following and revising and revising for 72 years I remember one detail. All my life I have been honest - comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly - I could only lend it.

I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people do.

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.