Cry ''havoc!'' and let loose the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial.

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or later they find themselves debtor or creditor to some one.

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.

They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.

We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.

Once a newspaper touches a story the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.

My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.

You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple.

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.