Disobedience is man's original virtue.

Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.

It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

I never change, except in my affections.