“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”
Oscar Wilde
“On refusing to make alterations to one of his plays: Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?”
“The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.”
“Go on writing plays, my boy, One of these days one of these London producers will go into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this morning?" and when she says, "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy.”
George Bernard Shaw
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain
“Licker talks mighty loud w'en it gits loose from de jug”
Joel Chandler Harris
