The still, sad music of humanity.

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

Mankind consists of many classes and many different characters. Some are like rare jewels which one does not sell at any price. There are others so suspect that no one would like to buy them.

People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

The human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.

The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.

What humanity abhors, custom reconciles and recommends to us.

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.

The friend of humanity cannot recognize a distinction between what is political and what is not. There is nothing that is not political.

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.