The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

No man ever quite believes in any other man.

Watching two women kiss is like watching two prizefighters shake hands.

The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they thus lost they have never got back.

Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.

The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy.

All the great villainies of history, from the murder of Abel onward, have been perpetrated by sober men, chiefly by Teetotalers.