There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.

Telling the truth is the funniest joke in the world.

Most married couples spend the whole day apart, the woman in the house, the man in the office or study or workshop.

Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.

I must remind you that our credulity is not to be measured by the truth of the things we believe. When men believed that the earthwas flat, they were not credulous: they were using their common sense, and, if asked to prove that the earth was flat, would have said simply, "Look at it." Those who refuse to believe that it is round are exercising a wholesome skepticism.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.