A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses is a libertine.

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.

Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.

A man's interest in the world is only the overflow from his interest in himself. When you are a child your vessel is not yet full;so you care for nothing but your own affairs. When you grow up, your vessel overflows; and you are a politician, a philosopher, or an explorer and adventurer. In old age the vessel dries up: there is no overflow: you are a child again.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.