Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.

Everyone has the best of feelings towards mankind in general, but not towards the individual man. We'll kill men, but we want to save mankind. And that isn't right, your Reverence. The world will be an evil place as long as people don't believe in other people.

As is well known, all collectors are prepared to steal or murder if it is a question of getting another piece for their collection; but this does not lower their moral character in the least.

Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle.

I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up.

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.