Jealousy is the most radical primeval and naked form of admiration in war paint, so to speak.

Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest

To be truly happy is a question of how we begin, and not how we end, of what we want and not what we have.

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.

There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

Do not forget that even as "to work is to worship" so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the first step to being pious.