Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me.

Hypocrisy ... is only bad when it is improperly used.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls.

Shall I turn up the light for you? No, give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light.

Our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.