To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.

Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.

Nationalism is the love which ties me to the blockheads of my country, to the insultors of my way of life, and to the desecrators of my language.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more.

A comprehensive education is a well-stocked pharmacy: but we have no assurance that potassium cyanide will not be administered fora head cold.

To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.