All is ephemeral--fame and the famous as well.

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Praise youth and it will prosper.

Horse, you are truly a creature without equal, for you fly without wings and conquer without sword.

War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.

Now we are all sons of bitches.

Somewhere between the Angels and the French lies the rest of humanity.

He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended.