The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted.