They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.

Aristocracy: government by the badly educated.

Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.

Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

Savages and modern artists are alike strangely driven to create something uglier than themselves. but the artists find it harder.

Modern broad-mindedness benefits the rich; and benefits nobody else.

children are simply human beings who are allowed to do what everyone else really desires to do, as for instance, to fly kites, or when seriously wronged to emit prolonged screams for several minutes.