If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.

Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical.

George Moore leads his readers to the latrine and locks them in.

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!