To live in the past is to miss today's opportunities and tomorrow's blessings.

If I were God - and I never understand why I'm not - I should say, "Shop around, I don't think you'll find a better bargain than here."

The absolute nothingness of death is a blessing. Something to look forward to.

You can behave as badly as you like in America. Nobody notices.

Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan.

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

As far as I know, you can fancy someone, you can enjoy their company or you can wish them well. But what being in love is, I don't know.