The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as a rule, was in considerable doubt as to who his father was.

Good wine needs no bush; a jug is the thing.

I told you this would happen. But, no, you had to go for the buffet, didn't you?

An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his soul be not saved if he do otherwise, should reflect that that sort of a soul is not strictly worth saving.

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

I've seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true.