The philosopher who would fain extinguish his passions resembles the chemist who would like to let his furnace go out.

It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.

Women of the world crave excitement.

In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.