Consciousness of a fact is not knowing it: if it were, the fish would know more of the sea than the geographers and the naturalists.

Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

I find that socialism is often misunderstood by its least intelligent supporters and opponents to mean simply unrestrained indulgence of our natural propensity to heave bricks at respectable persons.

Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh.

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

But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things.