“Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research.”

“Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.”

“When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.”

“When a man says money can do anything that settles it: he hasn't got any. When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.”

“Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?”

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”

“Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? They are more true: they are the only things that are true.”