The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.

One gains at least two to three times more experience grabbing the tiger by the tail than reading about it in a book.

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

The human being places sexual intercourse above all other joys, but leaves it out of his heaven.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to do?

Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.