The peoples furthest from civilization are the ones where equality between man and woman are furthest apart-and we consider this one of the signs of savagery.

Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness

The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan for good fighting

A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.

I simply can´t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.

The community is eminently Portuguese - that is to say, it is slow, poor, shiftless, sleepy, and lazy.

Everybody's private motto: It's better to be popular than right.