It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave.

I, too, believe in fidelity. But how can I be true to one woman without being false to all the others?

We live in the kind of world where courage is the most essential of virtues; without courage, the other virtues are useless.

Desire, said the Buddha, is the cause of suffering. But without desire, what delight?

When the writer has done his best, he then should proceed to do his second best.

Scientific method: There's a madness in the method.

Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)