There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons.

The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

Morality measured in centimeters: all mothers believe that only their daughters dance decently.

Life is a dangerous adventure, says the American, and he is half right: life is dangerous, but it's not an adventure.