Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

In fact, now you mention the subject, I have been very bad in my own small way. I don't think you should be so proud of that, though I am sure it must have been very pleasant.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching.

The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain.

Circumstances should never alter principles!