Alphonse Karr

The more things change, the more they are the same.

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers.

We can invent only with memory.

Some people are always grumbling that roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Every man has three characters: That which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.