I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical attitudes of thought in the young

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

My only policy is to profess evil and do good.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.