A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.