“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”

“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.”

“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.”

“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.”

“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.”

“You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.”

“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.”

“From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”

“Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.”

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”