The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

Very nice sort of place, Oxford, I should think, for people that like that sort of place.

A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith.

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

Heartbreak is life educating us.