I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.

We are not taught to think decently on sex subjects, and consequently we have no language for them except indecent language.

The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.

All this struggling and striving to make the world better is a great mistake. Not that it's wrong to try to improve the world if you know how but simply because struggling and striving are the worst possible ways to go about doing anything!

I like flowers, I also like children, but I do not chop their heads off and keep them in bowls of water around the house.

To make Democracy work, you need an aristocratic democracy. To make Aristocracy work, you need a democratic aristocracy.