A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.

It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.

It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.

Evil is a necessary part of the order of the universe.

One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not caring more; but one cannot and it is better, for if one grieved too deeply at other people's tears, life would be unendurable; and every man has sufficient sorrows of his own without taking to heart his neighbour's.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they will do as they choose, in the confidence that no one will know their vagaries; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majority because they are supported by the approval of their neighbours. It is not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.