Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man prevails at that disgusting game he must prevail at the cost of his self-respect. Not many superior men make the attempt. The average great captain of the rabble, when he is not simply a weeper over irremediable wrongs, is a hypocrite so far gone that he is unconscious of his own hypocrisy.. a slimy fellow, offensive to the nose.

What ails the truth is that it is mainly uncomfortable, and often dull. The human mind seeks something more amusing, and more caressing.

Jealousy is the theory that some other fellow has just as little taste.

Skin diseases are something doctors like, the patient neither dies nor gets well.

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas

There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend to be noticeably silly.

If there were only three women left in the world, two of them would immediately convene a court-martial to try the other one.