Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't wear trousers.

I am confident of my ability to demonstrate that one can sometimes believe in something and yet not believe in it. Nothing is less fathomable than the systems that motivate our actions.

There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.

To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them.