“Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.”

“Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.”

“The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.”

“Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.”

“You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.”

“A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.”

“The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.”

“A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.”

“It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.”

“Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.”

“It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.”