Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

When I think of anything properly describable as a beautiful idea, it is always in the form of music. I have written and printed probably 10,000,000 words in English but all the same I shall die an inarticulate man, for my best ideas beset me in a language I know only vaguely and speak only as a child.

The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate.

On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.

One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.