Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.

The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.

Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.'

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so often for a single fault. One had to pay over and over again, indeed. In her dealings with man, Destiny never closed her accounts.

A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurence of crime.

Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.