Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

I am very glad I have travelled. Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices.

The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

Nature is always behind the age

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!