What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

I appeal to the chemists to discover a humane gas that will kill instantly and painlessly. In short- a gentlemanly gas deadly by all means, but humane, not cruel.

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

It's a dangerous thing to be married right up to the hilt, like my daughter's husband. The man is at home all day, like a damned soul in hell.

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.