Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.

Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.

we have invented sex guilt to take our minds off the real thing.

Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure.

For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like.

People who quoted the Scriptures in criticism of others were terrible bores and usually they misapplied the text. One could prove anything against anyone from the Bible.

Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.