Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

If you cannot attain knowledge without torturing a dog, you must do without knowledge.

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?.

HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man? DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.