"There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action."

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

"To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level."

"Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instincts can be perceived."

"Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons."

"Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths."

"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."

"People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights."

"If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."

"I dream of wayward gulls and all landless lovers, rare moments of winter sun, peace, privacy, for everyone."

"The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated."

"My salad days, when I was green in judgement, cold in blood."