"I am a citizen of the world, and I do not care for any particular country."

"My Princess of Parallelograms" - "Her proceedings are quite rectangular, or rather we are two parallel lines prolonged to infinity side by side but never to meet."

"What men call gallantry and gods adultery Is much more common where the climate's sultry."

"There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything."

"I have always been a friend of the oppressed, and an enemy of the oppressor."