I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it

I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.

The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation

Men who retain irony are not to be trusted. They can't always resist an impulse to tickle themselves.

I've always enjoyed poor health