“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

“The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.”

“I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will.”

“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.”

“You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.”

“Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.”

“The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.”