France has usually been governed by prostitutes

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

I speak French with timidity, and not flowingly--except when excited. When using that language I have often noticed that I have hardly ever been mistaken for a Frenchman, except, perhaps, by horses; never, I believe, by people.

I have carried a revolver; lots of us do, but they are the most innocent things in the world.

I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.

The problem with education is school.

If we learned to walk and talk the way we learn to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter.