It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.

Action: the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike.