All literary style, especially national style, is made up of such coincidences, which are a spiritual sort of puns. That is why style is untranslatable.

The real pleasure-seeking is the combination of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt.

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank.

Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all... As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem".

Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.