there was no crime in unconscious plagiarism; that I committed it everyday, that he committed it everyday, that every man alive on earth who writes or speaks commits it every day and not merely once or twice but every time he open his mouth… there is nothing of our own in it except some slight change born of our temperament, character, environment, teachings and associations

We all know about the habits of the ant, we know all about the habits of the bee, but we know nothing at all about the habits of the oyster. It seems almost certain that we have been choosing the wrong time for studying the oyster.

The reason most people don't go to church is because they've already been.

The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

It is hard enough luck being a monarch, without being a target also.

Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.