It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into.

The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen.

Too much is unwholesome.

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.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

Whenever he composes a critical review, I have been told, he gets an enormous erection.