Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

We all know about the habits of the ant, we know all about the habits of the bee, but we know nothing at all about the habits of the oyster. It seems almost certain that we have been choosing the wrong time for studying the oyster.

Definite speech means clarity of mind.

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.

All emotion is involuntary when genuine.