The danger of crippling thought, the danger of obstructing the formation of the public mind by specially suppressing ... representations is far greater than any real danger that there is from such representations.

I don't want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady.

There is only one universal passion fear.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.