It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.

Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.

Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.