The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The artificial sterilization of marriage makes it possible for marriage to fulfill its accidental function whilst neglecting its essential one.

The assassin Czolgosz made President McKinley a hero by assassinating him. The United States of America made Czolgosz a hero by the same process.

The best brought-up children are those who have seen their parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the parent's first duty.

The body always ends by being a bore. Nothing remains beautiful and interesting except thought, because the thought is the life.

The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters.

The chief objection of playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

The Chinese tame fowls by clipping their wings, and women by deforming their feet. A petticoat round the ankles serves equally well.

The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery.

The Court is the servant's hall of the sovereign.