If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat.

If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.

Always do right-this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.