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" There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies. "

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" Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. "

" Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other. "

" 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 decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law. "

" When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. "

" Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. "

" No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings. "

" Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. "

" The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. "

" Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. "

" The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. "

" 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. "

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

" Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. "

" There is only one passion, the passion for happiness. "

" You have to make it happen. "

" Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things. "

" Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. "

" Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. "

" If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. "

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

" All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs. "

" The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children. "

" 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! "

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

" Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. "

" It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire. "

" Good music is very close to primitive language. "

" It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. "

" Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. "