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

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.

I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.