Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.

Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

Dawn, n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, an…

Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as opposed to a Liberal, who wants to replace them with others.

I saw them with these very eyes, as well as I see you.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.