“To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble.”

“If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!”

“The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.”

“Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”

“One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it;”

“The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible.”

“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.”