Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.