Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books away from me. It's perfectly awful to let the mind grind itself away between the upper and nether millstones of regret and remorse without respite; with books my life would be livable -- any life.

We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.

The curves of your lips rewrite history.

Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful; this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray. Chasuble: But is a man not equally attractive when married? Miss Prism: No married man is ever attractive except to his wife. Chasuble: And often, I've been told, not even to her.

Even things that are true can be proved.