Recently I was reading somewhere or other an Italian curio-dealer who attempted to sell a 17th century crucifix to J.P. Morgan. Inside it was concealed a stiletto. What a perfect symbol of the Christian religion.

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature

I'd like to start a religion. That's where the money is.

Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon - so long as there is no answer to it - gives claws to the weak.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.

It could not have been ten seconds, and yet it seemed a long time that their hands were clasped together. He had time to learn every detail of her hand.