The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be governed by force or fraud, or both.

Like fingerprints, all marriages are different.

Democracy is a word all public men use and none understand.

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.

What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.