There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious.

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.

The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that's the reason one should never marry.

Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilization.

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.

He has no enemies, but he is intensely disliked by his friends.