There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.

In order that knowledge be properly digested it must have been swallowed with a good appetite.

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.

A woman without breasts is like a bed without pillows.

Sometimes one day in a difference place gives you more than ten years of a life at home.

Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.