If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask?
A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.
He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.
Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings.