There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But in some respects more cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books written by the warders and the governor. . . .In the prison you are not forced to sit listening to turnkeys discoursing without charm or interest on subjects that they don't understand and don't care about, and therefore incapable of making you understand or care about. In a prison they may torture your body; but they do not torture your brains.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

Never repeat old grievances.

We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.