It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

History doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes.

One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare

Cats are the wildest of the tame and the tamest of the wild

We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.

Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.

Love is madness, if thwarted it develops fast.