I am the most spontaneous speaker in the world because every word, every gesture, and every retort has been carefully rehearsed.

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.

People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You cannot have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is?

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.