You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.

If more than ten percent of the public likes a painting, it should be burned.

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

First really like is just a little bit foolishness as well as a lot of curiosity. No actually self-respecting girl would reap the benefits of it.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.