Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination
Hell is full of musical amateurs.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.
She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.
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All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
Success covers a multitude of blunders.
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: wlien the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.
All professions are a conspiracy against the country.
I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot.
What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing.
While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.
No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.