If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

If the wicked flourish and the fittest survive, Nature must be the god of rascals.

When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.

Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).

I have studied him - the wonderful man - and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ he must be called the saviour of humanity.

I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. I found when I tried to put that into practice, not only were other people seldom lovable but I wasn't very lovable myself.