"I have been in situations where I could not tell the truth without doing harm, and I have therefore told lies."

"The greatest of all inventions is the invention of man."

"The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for."

"Nothing is so annoying as to have two people talking at once, unless it is when no one will talk to you."

"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir... mighty scarce."