The typical socialist... a prim little man with a white-collar job, usually a secret teetotaler and often with vegetarian leanings.

Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.

If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies. The sealed world in which he lives would be broken, and the fear, hatred and self-righteousness on which his morale depends might evaporate.

No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?

The secret of a successful restaurant is sharp knives.

I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.

The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.