If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.

Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.

We must walk before we run.

Translation is at best an echo.

There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.