Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.

Don't think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness of God is His strength.

O Lord! I don't know which is the worst of the country, the walking or the sitting at home with nothing to do.

Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend.

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

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

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.