I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simple beasts.

“Look at the moon. How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a…”

“One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.”

“Die Welt ist von Narren geschaffen, damit Weise in ihr Leben.”

“There was something terribly enthralling in the exercise of influence. No other…”