No People Are More Conceited Than Those

The Most Dangerous Untruths Are Truths Slightly Distorted.

To See Every Day How People Get The Name 'genius' Just As The Wood-lice In The Cellar The Name 'millipede'-not Because They Have That Many Feet, But Because Most People Don't Want To Count To 14-this Has Had The Result That I Don't Believe Anyone Any More Without Checking.

Actual Aristocracy Cannot Be Abolished By Any Law: All The Law Can Do Is Decree How It Is To Be Imparted And Who Is To Acquire It.

Nowadays Three Witty Turns Of Phrase And A Lie Make A Writer.

The Sure Conviction That We Could If We Wanted To Is The Reason So Many Good Minds Are Idle.