A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.

If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

I have never killed anyone, but I have often read about some guy getting his ass taken out with great pleasure