When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others is the general feature of our society.

When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So large a trunk before.

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three.

We cannot make owners by merely giving men something to own. And, I repeat, whether there be sufficient desire for property left upon which we can work, only experience can decide.