"Hope is necessary in every condition."

"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble."

"The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another"

"I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world."

"A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other."

"You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument."

"It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist."

"Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe."

"Where there is love there is life."

"Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be."

"In an optimal world, I would not be necessary."

"The less a man makes declarative statements the less apt he is to look foolish in retrospect."