Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.

I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end, But I do not talk of the beginning or the end.

I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in intoxication.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young, / The young are beautiful--but the old are more beautiful than the young.

What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward our fellows, beautiful imaginings thou hast crushed under thy heel, without remorse or pause!

I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an encloser of things to be.