Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses.

History, sir, will tell lies as usual.

The danger of crippling thought, the danger of obstructing the formation of the public mind by specially suppressing ... representations is far greater than any real danger that there is from such representations.

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to have a baby. One of them is superfluous.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

If associations to control burglary and murder were tolerated we should take it for granted that the members should all be burglers and murderers.

I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.