“I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.”

I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

I learned to love despair.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

Let joy be unconfined.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.

They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.

Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.

To have joy, one must share it.

I am not now That which I have been.

I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable.

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good.

We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.

I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.

Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.

Some succeed for a time. But while there may occasionally be mis-configurations among market prices that allow abnormal returns, they do not persist.