It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.

If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little fault to find with it.

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy-it's the occurring that's hard.