Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

We are compelled by the theory of God's already achieved perfection to make Him a devil as well as a god, because of the existenceof evil. The god of love, if omnipotent and omniscient, must be the god of cancer and epilepsy as well.... Whoever admits that anything living is evil must either believe that God is malignantly capable of creating evil, or else believe that God has made many mistakes in His attempts to make a perfect being.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

Every profession is a conspiracy against the laity.

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can get him sacked; and that is drink. Not even that, as long as he doesn't actually fall down.

What is life but a series of inspired follies.

Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.