"One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged."

"Experience is a good school, but the fees are high."

"Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings. (Dort, wo man B??cher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen)"

"Dieu me pardonnera. C'est son metier. (God will forgive me. It's his job.)"

"When books are burned in the end people will be burned too."

"I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom."

"A prudent question is one half of wisdom."

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition."

"Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record."

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

"Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers."

"The only charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception necessary for both parties."