If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.

And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in the private interest of royal families," Satan said, "sometimes to crush a weak nation; but never a war started by the aggressor for any clean purpose - there is no such war in the history of the race."

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

All human rules are more or less idiotic.

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.

If the man doesn't believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can't burn him.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.