The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.

Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.

Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.

Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored.

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.