“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”

“There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.”

“The more things change, the more they are the same.”

“Women should be obscene and not heard.”

“Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.”

“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.”

“The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.”