humor Quotes

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

London is too full of fogs and serious people. Whether the fogs produce the serious people, or whether the serious people produce the fogs, I don't know.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

All art is quite useless.

Aerodynamics is mathematics for those who haven't learned to do calculus. In my case, too, for one who hasn't learned to add or multiply, at least the first time.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.