“Any man over forty is a scoundrel.”

“Marriage is the most licentious of human institutions--I say the most licentious of human institutions: that is the secret of its popularity.And a woman seeking a husband is the most unscrupulous of all the beasts of prey. The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.”

“If any religion had a chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.”

“When a man says money can do anything that settles it: he hasn't got any. When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.”

“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”

“My dear: in this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.”

“Save yourself for my sake. And I will go with you to the end of the world.”