Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

I saw a notice that said "Drink Canada Dry" and I've just started.

A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living.

Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.