Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.

None but an ass pays a compliment and asks a favour at the same time. There are many asses.

A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the whole of it, must be granted the possession of executive abilities of the loftiest order.

They do say that when a man starts down hill everybody is ready to help him with a kick, and I suppose it is so.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.