There would be no sunshine in society if the born flatterers, I mean the so-called amiable people, did not bring it in with them.

Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing.

You want to make him interested in you? Then pretend to be embarrassed in his presence-

In short, then, the religious cult is based upon the representations of sorcery between man and man, and the sorcerer is older than the priest.

The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.

The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world.

A sure way to irritate people and to put evil thoughts into their heads is to keep them waiting a long time. This makes them immoral.