Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood.
Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws.
Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
I am Irish by race but the English have condemned me to talk the language of Shakespeare.