All publicity is good publicity.

Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues, just as the honest man has his weaknesses.

I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.

It was there, in particular, that I confirmed the truth that love, which we cry up as the source of our pleasures, is nothing more than an excuse for them.

You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

I assure you that the world is not so amusing as we imagined.