All progress means war with society.

Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).

It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the strain put on it.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary

Who are those we love? Only those we do not hate.