Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites.

How to please the public - that's the test, But nowadays I find I'm in a fix; I know they're not accustomed to the best, But they've all read so much they know the tricks. How can we give then something fresh and new That's serious, but entertaining too?

Only that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act, out of the conviction that there is something better, even against one's own inclination.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.

Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Everything factual is, in a sense, theory. The blue of the sky exhibits the basic laws of chromatics. There is no sense in looking for something behind phenomena: they are theory.