The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.

Time is the best killer.

if you ask me, nobody really likes people who are always doing their duty.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Self-preservation's a man's first duty. And natives don't mind dying, you know. They don't feel about it as Europeans do.