Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.

My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.

Life is indeed terribly complicated—to a man who has lost his principles.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.

It's not that we don't have enough scoundrels to curse; it's that we don't have enough good men to curse them.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.