The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

The girl never really lived, and so she has never really died.

If God wished to punish us, all he would need to do would be to answer our prayers.

It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.