A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

I have remarked very clearly that I am often of one opinion when I am lying down and of another when I am standing up.

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

The celebrated painter Gainsborough got as much pleasure from seeing violins as from hearing them.