The truth is the one thing that nobody will believe.

Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.

The most sublime courage I have ever witnessed has been among that class too poor to know they possessed it, and too humble for the world to discover it.

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it to another shoulder.

Every girl has a right to be loved.

Bible worship, though at its best it may achieve sublimity by keeping its head in the skies, may also make itself both ridiculousand dangerous by having its feet off the ground.