A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

The harder I work the more I live.

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary

Those who minister to poverty and disease are accomplices in the two worst of all the crimes.

What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.