The Americans are the illegitimate children of the English.

On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.

When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of negroes, we do not do it because we have any sympathy for them or because we crave their blessings, but simply because we don't want them to be falling ill of smallpox

The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.

The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with it and when to let it alone.

The essence of self-fulfillment and autonomous culture is an unshakable egotism.