Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

The ability of the theist to misunderstand a thing is directly proportional to the obviousness of the thing.

I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked.

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.

I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.

Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.