That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them, to deny them things they want, to set them tasks, to punish them when they do wrong, to do all the unpleasant things. And then the father, who has nothing to do but pet them and spoil them, comes in when all her work is done and steals their affection from her.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

I ... must continue to strive for more knowledge and more power, though the new knowledge always contradicts the old and the new power is the destruction of the fools who misuse it.

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.

All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.

If more than 10% of the people like a painting, you can be sure it's bad.