One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage.

God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I'm hostile, & the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.

Marriage is hardly a thing one can do now and then, except in America.

Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.