"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."

"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."

"The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

"Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything."

"Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters."

"Every good painter paints what he is."

"It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree."