I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.

God puts something good and loveable in every man His hands create.

There are no standards of taste in wine... Each man's own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard.

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.

The truth hurts, but silence kills.

In love, you pay as you leave.

What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear," and "my love" come from the heart; but what sensible bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will run the tremendous risk?