Society and the World

Ladies and gentlemen are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.

Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites.

Masters and servants are both tyrannical; but the masters are the more dependent of the two.

Masters and servants are both tyrannical; but the masters are the more dependent of the two.

A man enjoys what he uses, not what his servants use.

A man enjoys what he uses, not what his servants use.

The relation of master and servant is advantageous only to masters who do not scruple to abuse their authority, and to servants who do not scruple to abuse their trust.

The relation of master and servant is advantageous only to masters who do not scruple to abuse their authority, and to servants who do not scruple to abuse their trust.

The perfect servant, when his master makes humane advances to him, feels that his existence is threatened, and hastens to change his place.

The perfect servant, when his master makes humane advances to him, feels that his existence is threatened, and hastens to change his place.

Your word can never be as good as your bond, because your memory can never be as trustworthy as your honor.

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it. Better keep yourself clean and bright: you are the window through which you must see the world.

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

It is not necessary to replace a guillotined criminal: it is necessary to replace a guillotined social system.

It is not necessary to replace a guillotined criminal: it is necessary to replace a guillotined social system.

It is not necessary to replace a guillotined criminal: it is necessary to replace a guillotined social system.

Great men refuse titles because they are jealous of them.

Great men refuse titles because they are jealous of them.

Whilst we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.

Whilst we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.

Crime is only the retail department of what, in wholesale, we call penal law.

Crime is only the retail department of what, in wholesale, we call penal law.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. The distinction between Crime and Justice is no greater.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. The distinction between Crime and Justice is no greater.