"I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society"

"There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage"

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards"

"When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place"

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual"

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"

"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband"

"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves"