The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.

The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.