Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.

The stern compression of circumstances, the twinges of adversity, the spur of slights and taunts in early years, are needed to evoke that ruthless fixity of purpose and tenacious wit without which great actions are seldom accomplished.

Humor is kindly. Wit is caustic.

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned. May not one lost soul be permitted to abstain?

I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.

By noon it was clear that the Socialists would have a majority. At luncheon my wife said to me, 'It may well be a blessing in disguise.' I replied, 'At the moment it seems quite effectively disguised.'