“By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.”

“A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.”

“The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”

“But I am well aware of the excuse which men, ever ingenious in devising mischief to themselves as well as others, offer in extenuation of their conduct in going to war. They allege, that they are compelled to it; that they are dragged against their will to war. I answer them, deal fairly; pull off the mask; throw away all false colours; consult your own heart, and you will find that anger, ambition, and folly are the compulsory force that has dragged you to war, and not any necessity; unless indeed you call the insatiable cravings of a covetous mind, necessity" ` The Complaint of Peace”

“The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.”

“The desire to write grows with writing.”

“Το πρώτο πράγμα που θα κάνω, όταν έχω χρήματα, είναι να αγοράσω ελληνικά βιβλία και κατόπιν θα αγοράσω ρούχα.”