I was convinced that Ceylon is the cradle of the human race because everybody there looks an original. All other nations are obviously mass produced.

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

It is monstrous that custom should force us to display our faces ostentatiously, however worn and wrinkled and mean they may be, whilst carefully concealing all our other parts, however shapely and well preserved.

You accepted Allah or you had your throat cut by someone who did accept him, and who went to Paradise for having sent you to Hell.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.

Life is too short for men to take it seriously.