Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that

Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the mother woman.

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

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