The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

I don't want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.

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

I love little children too but I don't cut off their heads and stick them in vases.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.