Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.

Children have a natural antipathy to books- handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous.

A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.

ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl...I have ever met since...I met you.