“Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.”
Death“A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.”
Courage“Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.”
Death“Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.”
Government“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
Art“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.”
Happiness“Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.”
Nature“An index is a great leveller.”
Great“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
Funny“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”
Money“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”
Love“The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.”
Business“The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.”
Love“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.”
Failure“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.”
Power“The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.”
Success“What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.”
Knowledge“We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.”
Experience“When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.”
Money“The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.”
Love“Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.”
Society“Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.”
Love