The sex illusion is not a fixed quantity: not what mathematicians call a constant. It varies from zero in my wife's case to madness in that of our stepsister.

Medical science is as yet very imperfectly differentiated from common cure-mongering witchcraft

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.

Jesus remains unshaken as the practical man; and we stand exposed as the fools, the blunderers, the unpractical visionaries.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Fear is choosing the safe course

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.