When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

I find that the moment I let a woman make friends with me, she becomes jealous, exacting, suspicious, and a damned nuisance. I find that the moment I let myself make friends with a woman, I become selfish and tyrannical.

I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.

People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.

Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.