Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear, whether of forgiveness or of pity or of sheer delight at beauty, will do him a lot of good.

Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.

No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature.

Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother.

Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.