The lack of money is the root of all evil.

I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

It was in 1590--winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and promised to remain so forever. Some even set it away back centuries upon centuries and said that by the mental and spiritual clock it was still the Age of Belief in Austria. But they meant it as a compliment, not a slur, and it was so taken, and we were all proud of it. I remember it well, although I was only a boy; and I remember, too, the pleasure it gave me.

Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.

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

The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It is the pulpit's way - the optimist's way.