A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

Dare to risk public criticism.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

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

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast