The sort of man who likes to spend his time watching a cage of monkeys chase one another, or a lion gnaw its tail, or a lizard catch flies, is precisely the sort of man whose mental weakness should be combated at the public expense, not fostered.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin or when he sees silver he looks for the cloud it lines. A wise happy person does the exact opposite.

Love is photogenic. It needs darkness room to develop

The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.

No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.

The worshiper is the father of the gods.