On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.

You can bear anything if it is not your fault.

The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method. You could ignore a subject; no subject is all-inclusive. But a method can plausibly be applied to anything within the field of consciousness.

The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.

No fashion has ever been created expressly for the lean purse or for the fat woman: the dressmaker's ideal is the thin millionaires.

It is not permissible to lie merely to save one's face. But it is sometimes permissible to lie to save another person's face.