"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it."

"If you want to be happy, be."

"In historical events great men-so-called-are but labels serving to give a name to the event, and like labels, they have but the smallest connection with the event itself."

"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction."

"I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back."