All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.