To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.

Then I feel, Harry, that I have given away my whole soul to someone who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat, a bit of decoration to charm his vanity, an ornament for a summer's day.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar.

If it is not nailed to the floor, it's mine. If I can pry it loose, it is not nailed down.

If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.