The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.

I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.

In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.