Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath.

Oh Death where is thy sting! It has none. But life has.

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

The noblest work of God? Man. Who found it out? Man.

It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right.

The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that's what an army is-a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers.

Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute-but they all worship money.

It is not best that we use our morals week days; it gets them out of repair for Sundays.