Life is too short to be taken seriously.

Wisdom comes with winters

Only the unimaginative can fail to find a reason for drinking Champagne

We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.

Niagara Falls is simply a vast unnecessary amount of water going over the wrong way and then falling over unnecessary cliffs...The wonder would be if the water did not fall.

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.