There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought -a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.

There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.

Tell the truth or trump-but get the trick.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.