“Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. ”

“Don't be too sure,' he continued. “The other day I took up a man who hanged himself on the road. He was a Swede, too.' 'Hanged himself! Why, in God's name?' I cried. He kept on looking out watchfully. 'Who knows? The sun too much for him, or the country perhaps.”

“The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own.”

“How good a book is should be judged by the man who writes it by the excellence of the material that he eliminates.”

“When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.”

“Good! And what if you should happen to cough or to sneeze?" "A man who is making his escape does not cough or sneeze.”