Art needs no spur beyond itself.

We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.

If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.

To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost -that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization -is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.

If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.