"Women are the sexus sequior, the second sex in every respect, inferior to the first: we should therefore consider their weaknesses with some forbearance. It is because of these weaknesses that they ar…"

"That the Negroes were enslaved more than other races, and on a large scale, is evidently a result of their being, in contrast to other races, less intelligent."

"Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents."

"If you want to know what a man is really like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

"The world is hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it."