Patriotismo es la convicción de que tu país es superior a todo el resto sólo porque naciste en él - George Bernard Shaw

At every one of those concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. Well, there is the same thing in heaven. A number of people sit there in glory, not because they are happy, but because they think they owe it to their position to be in heaven. They are almost all English.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.

No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you’ll get nothing else.