In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key.

The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary.

The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.

I work as my father drank.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

Hypocrisy ... is only bad when it is improperly used.

Let wife and child perish, and lay bricks for your last crust, rather than part with an iota of your [copy]rights.