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

To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.

Well I won't argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things. That is exactly what things were originally made for.

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal