I have attended operas, whenever I could not help it, for fourteen years now; I am sure I know of no agony comparable to the listening to an unfamiliar opera.

If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.

There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.

Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.