Smiley was not opposed to social distinctions but he liked to make his own.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Present$$$ I flee you; Absent$$$ I find you again.

The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

Obscenity only comes in when the mind despises and fears the body$$$ and the body hates and resists the mind.

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

Never was an age more sentimental$$$ more devoid of real feeling$$$ more exaggerated in false feeling$$$ than our own.

The problem with every story is you tell it after the fact.

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain$$$ and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool$$$ and that is the test of generals.

All men are born free: just not for long.