Morality is the tendency to pour out the baby with the bathwater.

Insights into erotic life belong to art, not education. But sometimes these have to be spelled out for the illiterates. And it ismainly a matter of convincing the illiterates, for they are the ones who write the penal code.

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them.

I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after commas had always made sure they were in the right place, then Shanghai would not be burning.

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

Since the law prohibits the keeping of wild animals and I get no enjoyment from pets, I prefer to remain unmarried.