"Morality is herd instinct in the individual."

"Improvements are invented only by those who can feel that something is not good."

"The habit of intellectual principles without reasons is called faith."

"A profession is the backbone of life."

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man."

"Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine."

"There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it."

"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven."

"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

"We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love."

"History, sir, will tell lies, as usual."