I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experiences when one is young. The sky was so bright, and there were so many stars that, gazing upward, one couldn't help wondering how so many whimsical, wicked people could live under such a sky.

Nature doesn't ask your permission; it doesn't care about your wishes, or whether you like its laws or not. You're obliged to accept it as it is, and consequently all its results as well.

I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer.

I believe there is no one deeper, lovelier, more sympathetic and more perfect than Jesus.

For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.'