“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.”
Voltaire
“I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.”
Mae West
“I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house.”
Lewis Grizzard
“Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.”
“CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade./ GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.”
Oscar Wilde
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”
Mark Twain
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”