A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
If you want to be a doormat you have to lay yourself down first.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
I am not young enough to know everything.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
The great events of the world take place in the brain.
Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.