It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat.

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.

We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.

It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.