That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.

Anesthesia: wounds without pain. Neurasthenia: pain without wounds.

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

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

Sexual enlightenment is that hardhearted process which for hygienic reasons forbids young people to satisfy their curiosity themselves.