I have a simple taste, only the best.

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain, not growth its aim. So that man thought that the important thing is to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be.

I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five

He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.