It was a well-known fact that the richness of buttery foods led to the moral ruin and confusion of the intellect.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.

Theory is the practice of the impotent.

I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

The words with which a child's heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul.