Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

That which costs little is less valued.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

Common sense is not so common.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.

Dare to risk public criticism.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.