Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

A socialist is somebody who doesn't have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody.

Every step of progress means a duty repudiated, and a scripture torn up.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

My friend, when a man has anything to tell in this world, the difficulty is not to make him tell it, but to prevent him from telling it too often.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.