Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation.

It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass of men are made by nature to be slaves, they are unfit to control themselves, and for their own good need masters.

Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.

The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living.

The last words he said to me when I bade him good-night were: Tell Amy it's no good coming after me. Anyhow, I shall change my hotel, so she wouldn't be able to find me.' My own impression is that she's well rid of you,' I said. My dear fellow, I only hope you'll be able to make her see it. But women are very unintelligent.