Armed with a paint-box, one cannot be bored, one cannot be left at a loose end, one cannot 'have several days on one's hands.

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.

My tastes are simple. I like only the very best.

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad

We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.

I let the argument rip healthily between the departments. This is a very good way to finding out the truth.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.