Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.

The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.

There are three natural anaesthetics: Sleep, fainting, and death.

If wine tells truth - and so have said the wise, It makes me laugh to think how brandy lies!

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

For my part I think it is a less evil that some criminals should escape, than that the government should play an ignoble part.

A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure.