A beetle may or may not be inferior to a man - the matter awaits demonstration; but if he were inferior by ten thousand fathoms, the fact remains that there is probably a beetle view of things of which a man is entirely ignorant. If he wishes to conceive that point of view, he will scarcely reach it by persistently revelling in the fact that he is not a beetle.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.

A faith is that which is able to survive a mood.

All democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death.

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.

Ivory may not be so white as snow, but the whole Arctic continent does not make ivory black.