A man who desires to get married should know everything or nothing.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

Consciousness of a fact is not knowing it: if it were, the fish would know more of the sea than the geographers and the naturalists.

An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general.

It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because they are politically ignorant, socially prejudiced, narrow-minded, and selfish. True enough, but precisely the same is true of men!