In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.