No power on earth, however, can abolish the merciless class distinction between those who are physically desirable and the lonely, pallid, spotted, silent, unfancied majority.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

My father, to whom I owe so much, never told me the difference between right and wrong; now I think that's why I remain so greatly in his debt.

There is always time for failure

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you.

I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.