The minorities are sometimes right. The majorities never.

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

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

Justice is impartiality. Only strangers are impartial.

I was convinced that Ceylon is the cradle of the human race because everybody there looks an original. All other nations are obviously mass produced.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich.