Idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence), and the really great in favour of equality.

No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.

You must all know half a dozen people at least who are no use in this world, who are more trouble than they are worth. Just put them there and say Sir, or Madam, now will you be kind enough to justify your existence? If you can't justify your existence, if you're not pulling your weight in the social boat, if you're not producing as much as you consume or perhaps a little more, then, clearly, we cannot use the organizations of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us and it can't be of very much use to yourself.

The real pleasure of one's life is the devotion to a great objective of one's consideration.

Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby

The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.