I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don’t degrade me into the position of giving you useful information.
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
How marriage ruins a man! It’s as demoralising as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she was a perfectly rational being?
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.
Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
Good kings are the only dangerous enemies that modern democracy has and when he has begun by banishing me you may be sure he intends to be a patriot.
Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.
For what is Truth? In matters of religion, it is simply the opinion that has survived.
For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain, not growth, its aim.
For that beauty which is meant by art is no mere accident of human life which people can take or leave, but a positive necessity of life if we are to live as nature meant us to, that is to say unless we are content to be less than men.
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
