“Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.”

“Lastly, tea--unless one is drinking it in the Russian style--should be drunk WITHOUT SUGAR. I know very well that I am in a minority here. But still, how can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavour of your tea by putting sugar in it? It would be equally reasonable to put in pepper or salt. Tea is meant to be bitter, just as beer is meant to be bitter. If you sweeten it, you are no longer tasting the tea, you are merely tasting the sugar; you could make a very similar drink by dissolving sugar in plain hot water.”

“All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes. ”

“...men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them.”

“Inequality was the price of civilization.”

“One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think, as I thought then, that it is better to die violently and not too old.”

“As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.”