It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

From a very early age, I've had to interrupt my education to go to school.

If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate.

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

A contract for better for worse is a contract that should not be tolerated.