Poet

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Orang mati harus dihakimi seperti penjahat, tidak memihak, tetapi mereka harus diberi kesempatan untuk meragukannya.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

Persatuan mungkin merupakan kekuatan, tetapi itu hanyalah kekuatan kasar yang buta kecuali jika diarahkan dengan bijaksana.

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

Saya tidak keberatan berbohong tapi saya benci ketidakakuratannya.

Humor dan ironi yang paling sempurna umumnya tidak disadari.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.