Whenever I write anything that sets up controversy its meaning is distorted almost instantly. Even the editorial writers of newspapers seem to be unable to understand the plainest sentence.

A man is called a good fellow for doing things which, if done by a woman, would land her in a lunatic asylum.

Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.

Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man prevails at that disgusting game he must prevail at the cost of his self-respect. Not many superior men make the attempt. The average great captain of the rabble, when he is not simply a weeper over irremediable wrongs, is a hypocrite so far gone that he is unconscious of his own hypocrisy.. a slimy fellow, offensive to the nose.

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.

There are two impossibilities in life: "just one drink" and "an honest politician."

The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth.