What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light.

Hunger is the handmaid of genius

You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word.

If they [the dead] should speak, it would be found that in matters of opinion no departed person was exactly what he had passed for in life. They would realise, deep down, that they, and whole nations along with them, are not really what they seem to be-and never can be.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

Only he who has seen better days and lives to see better days again knows their full value.

When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you are in doubt," but when I am in doubt myself I use more sagacity.