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

No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you’ll get nothing else.

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

We are not taught to think decently on sex subjects, and consequently we have no language for them except indecent language.

Man is the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Decency cannot be discussed without indecency!