A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.

You have set up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete that monument is to put on its pedestal the inscription written by Dante on the gate of hell: All hope abandon ye who enter here.

It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.

At present there is not a single credible established religion in the world.

All great art and literature is propaganda.

The theory that music has a depraving effect on morals has now been abandoned to the old women of both sexes.

It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.