I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a d--n.

There is no substitute for hard work.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.