“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.”

“Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.”

“The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.”

“A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.”

“You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.”

“Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.”