If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers.

This is the year 1492. I am eighty-two years of age. The things I am going to tell you are things which I saw myself as a child and as a youth.

Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.

If there are no cigars in heaven, I shall not go.

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices.

Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion