Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.

The book which most deserved to be banned would be a catalog of banned books.

It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard.