How you ought properly to spell 'fish' in English: 'goti' .

Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.

If I refuse to allow my leg to be amputated, its mortification and my death may prove that I was wrong; but if I let the leg go, nobody can ever prove that it would not have mortified had I been obstinate. Operation is therefore the safe side for the surgeon as well as the lucrative side.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

You don't get tired of muffins, but you don't find inspiration in them.