Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.