Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.

Never let a good crisis go to waste

I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me.

[My ideal of a good dinner] is to discuss good food, and, after this good food has been discussed, to discuss a good topic - with myself the chief conversationalist.

Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission - a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he will find greatness. It is his finest hour.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.