Quotes

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

Freedom means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.