"Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?"

"What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul."

"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

"After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations."

"If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names."

"I improve on misquotation."

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

"I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'"

"What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?"

"A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool."