The opera…is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

“On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.”

“We are, in fact, a nation of evangelists; every third American devotes himself …”

“Religion is a conceited effort to deny the most obvious realities.”

“Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or l…”