Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.

...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

If then, merely out of regard to population, it were right that paederasts should be burnt alive, monks ought to be roasted alive over a slow fire. (Offences Against One's Self,