Has any boy's dream ever come true? I doubt. Look at Brander Matthews. He wanted to be a cowboy. And who is he today? Just a university professor. Will he ever become a cowboy? The least likely.
The information they did not have in antiquity was very large.
The senator is the person who passes laws during those periods of time in which he is not serving his punishment.
Modesty died when clothing appeared.
Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated. (From a telegram sent to a news agency).
Could he be lying or not? Well, his morale is not boundless like any of us. For nine cents, he would never lie, and for a dollar he would lie eight times.
First, God created fools - simply to make a fool of himself. And only then did he create the pedagogues. First God created man, then he created woman. Then God took pity on the man and gave him tobacco. The creation of man was a great and original idea. But after this, the creation of the sheep meant repeating itself.
It's really worth giving your word that you won't do a certain thing as soon as you want to.
A melancholic girl with a very interesting pallor brought on by pills and indigestion.
There are three foolproof ways to please a writer: here they are in ascending order: 1) tell them you've read one of their books; 2) tell him you've read all his books; 3) ask him to give you the manuscript of his upcoming book to read.
There are three types of lies: the lie, the cheeky lie, and the statistic.
The world is so created that man, once he has stopped worrying about one thing, starts worrying about another.
Theories prove nothing, instead you buy time and rest, and if you messed up, try to find something impossible to find.
Now I understand that I was wrong about Eve: better to live with her outside of Heaven than in Heaven without her.
Only presidents, columnists, and tapeworm sufferers are allowed to use the pronoun "we."
It is hard to believe that someone, after living his life, does not consider it, deep in his soul, a waste.
Thousands of geniuses live and die unknown or unrecognized by others, or unrecognized by themselves.
The devil has no paid help, while on the Other Side they are by the millions.
I think I have a huge mental baggage: to use it, I sometimes need a whole week.
Am I sure I like a certain type of cigar? Of course. I'm absolutely sure - unless someone tricks me and sticks the brand label on some crap - because I, like anyone else, know my cigars by brand, not taste.
Moderate temperance never hurt anyone.
To teach oneself is a noble thing, but even nobler is to teach others; by the way, the second one is much easier.
A good education is the ability to hide what you think is good about yourself and what is bad about the interlocutor.
Good friends, good books and a sleeping conscience - that's the perfect life.
Good manners are an organized form of defense of mature people from young people.
How good it was for Adam! If he happened to joke successfully, he could be sure he wasn't repeating old jokes.
It often happens that a man who has never lied in his life begins to judge what is true and what is false.
Man is the only animal that can be ashamed and have reasons for it.
Man is a religious animal; the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat when he disagrees with him on theological matters.
Man was created on the last day of creation, when God was already tired.