"There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral — immoral from the scientific point of view." "Why?" "Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul."

Life is terrible. It rules us, we do not rule it.

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.

Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws.

The only thing worse than being misquoted is being sentenced to two years' hard labour for buggery

The best way to appreciate your job is to, is here to stay.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.