The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.

What right has any human being to talk of bringing up a child? You do not bring up a tree or a plant. It brings itself up. You have to give it a fair chance by tilling the soil.

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

I appeal to the chemists to discover a humane gas that will kill instantly and painlessly. In short- a gentlemanly gas deadly by all means, but humane, not cruel.

Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.

My schooling did me a great deal of harm and no good whatever; it was simply dragging a child's soul through the dirt.