Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails clean and is never a burden to anyone. Greatest fault: Lacks family, cheerful spirits, and strong stomach. Greatest and only petition: Not to be buried alive. Greatest sin: Does not worship Mammon. Important events in his life: None.

Justice is to be found only in the imagination.

The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them impossible.

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.

Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.

Lying is the greatest of all sins.