Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That he was first to repeat them? No. None of these things has any value. He confers on them their only originality that has any value, and that is his way of telling them.

Where are there are two desires in a man's heart he has no choice between the two but must obey the strongest, there being no such thing as free will in the composition of any human being that ever lived.

I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.

The moral sense enables one to perceive morality, and avoid it. The immoral sense enables one to perceive immorality and enjoy it.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.