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

"Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person."

"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not."

"I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct, nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying."

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