The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.
When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.
Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.
In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason.
Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.
Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.
God will forgive me. It's his job.
God will forgive me; that's his business.
Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.
In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.
The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.
Oh, what lies there are in kisses.
I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man.
Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.
Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.
I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.
