A book should long for pen, ink, and writing-table: but usually it is pen, ink, and writing-table that long for a book. That is why books are so negligible nowadays.

Are you one who looks on? or lends a hand? - or who looks away, sidles off?...Third question for the conscience.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

Sometimes all you need to do to win clever people over to a principle is to present it in the form of a shocking paradox.

And if ye cannot be saints of knowledge, then, I pray you, be at least its warriors. They are the companions and forerunners of such saintship.

Liberalism is the transformation of mankind into cattle.

Life is hard to bear: but do not affect to be so delicate! We are all of us fine sumpter asses and assesses.