The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.

Naked I came into this world, naked I shall go out of it. And a very good thing too, for it reminds me that I am naked under my shirt, whatever its colour.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the decency to betray my country.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.