Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.

I loathe the mess of mean superstitions and misunderstood prophecies which is still rammed down the throats of children under the name of Christianity.

Live in contact with dreams and you will get something of their charm: live in contact with facts and you will get something of their brutality. I wish I could find a country to live in where the facts were not brutal and the dreams not real.

Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh.

I must have been an insufferable child; all children are.