“Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.”

“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”

“All animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.”

“The flesh of animals who feed excursively is allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up. May there not be the same difference between men who read as their taste prompts and men who are confined in cells and colleges to stated tasks?”

“we must judge men not so much by what they, as by what they make us feel that they have it in them to do. If a man has done enough in either painting, music, or the affairs of life, to make me feel that I might trust him in an emergency he has done enough”

“Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.”

“The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.”