Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.

Flies purify the air, and plays - the morals.

Common hypocrites pass themselves off as doves; political and literary hypocrites pose as eagles. But don't be fooled by their eagle-like appearance. These are not eagles, but rats or dogs.

You ask me what life is. That's like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there's nothing more to know.

When performing an autopsy, even the most inveterate spiritualist would have to question where the soul is.

Love is a scandal of the personal sort.