"Nothing is so annoying as to have two people talking at once, unless it is when no one will talk to you."

"The ass is the only animal that can't be improved by cross-breeding."

"I am a person who has always been very much in favor of the truth, and I have always been very much against falsehood."

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

"There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice."