Of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers.

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.