Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

It is the highest creatures who take the longest to mature, and are the most helpless during their immaturity.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Nietzche . . . he was a confirmed Life Force worshipper. It was he who raked up the Superman, who is as old as Prometheus; and the 20th century will run after this newest of the old crazes when it gets tired of the world, the flesh, and your humble servant.

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.