Now of all the idealist abominations that make society pestiferous I doubt if there be any so mean as that of forcing self-sacrifice on a woman under the pretense that she likes it.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

The worst sin... is... to be indifferent.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or otherwise strike the fancy of the electorate.

Assassination on the scaffold is the worst form of assassination.