“Government is essentially immoral.”

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Love is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Self-education is an essential part of any anti-racist journey, and reading has always been a huge part of my personal learning.

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.

One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation.

Focus is essential to success, and successful people are people who can focus.

It’s not enough to praise our essential workers – we have to protect and pay them.

Science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

It’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.

Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.