I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.
The ability of the theist to misunderstand a thing is directly proportional to the obviousness of the thing.
Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.
There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
Don't be discouraged if your children reject your advice. Years later they will offer it to their own offspring.