Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.

He wants to enslave you.' 'I shudder at the thought of being free.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

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

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders...It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.