I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.

I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.

Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.

humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle

The sceptics, like bees, give their one sting and die.

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.

The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent who are trying to explain our failure.