Give a man health and a course to steer. And he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn’t really hurt.

A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in london if he has a comfortable income.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

You'll never have a quiet world til you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage. It can be delightful.

There are two things necessary to salvation money and gunpowder.

The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.