Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Unless a man starts on the strange assumption that he has never existed before, it is quite certain that he will never exist afterwards.

Democracy is reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right.

Plato was right, but not quite right.

Aesthetes never do anything but what they are told.

All the exaggerations are right, if they exaggerate the right thing.

When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.

It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool.