If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth

The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul; but it has to come to heel.

Money and sex are forces too unruly for our reason; they can only be controlled by taboos with which we tamper at our peril.

Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

The word snob belongs to the sour-grape vocabulary.

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?