My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.

God must love the rich or he wouldn't divide so much among so few of them.

Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of life both become piety.

The true function of art is to criticize, embellish and edit nature… the artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue penciling the bad spelling of God.

Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead

High-toned humanitarians constantly overestimate the sufferings of those they sympathize with.

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals