If God really wanted to punish, he'd answer all our prayers.

Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimagininative.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.