With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

The test to which all methods of treatment are finally brought is whether they are lucrative to doctors or not.

Those who understand the steam engine and the electric telegraph spend their lives in trying to replace them with something better.

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.

I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly feed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well.