Very nice sort of place, Oxford, I should think, for people that like that sort of place.

English is the easiest language to speak badly.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles.

You may well ask me why...I took the time to write [books]. I can only reply that I do not know. There was no why about it. I had to: that was all.

Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.