The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it.

For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.

We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.

Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.