When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.

The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.

There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.