Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.