Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age.

Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it.

The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.

One cannot dictate an aphorism to a typist. It would take too long.

Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.

The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.