Money was the manure of politics.

When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.

There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.

Superstition has its practical uses.

Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.