If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin begins is a matter as to which casuists differ. One eminently orthodox Catholic divine laid it down that a confessor may fondle a nun's breasts, provided he does it without evil intent. But I doubt whether modern authorities would agree with him on this point.

Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be.

If one lived for ever the joys of life would inevitably in the end lose their savour. As it is, they remain perennially fresh.

The teaching of Christ, as it appears in the Gospels, has had extraordinarily little to do with the ethics of Christians.