What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.

If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.

Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

The test of good education is seeing how it behaves in a fight.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles.

When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do, that is persecution; when I prevent you from doing anything you want to do, that is law, order, and morals.