"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

"Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."

"Man is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't satisfactory."

"The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice, but the stuff with which all history is made is merely fluid ignorance."

"Nothing is so annoying as to have two people talking at once, unless it is when no one will talk to you."