A man's weaknesses may intrude on his faith but they do not diminish it.

Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself.

The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler still.

Hate and love are essentially the same in that the person who loves is as easily manipulated as a person who hates

Greater economic power will be in the hands of too few.

Well, let me tell you, gentlemen, the games of the devil are not restricted to those confined to hell. Others can play them.

It doesn't bother me. Sure, everybody wants approval, but I came from the theatre and I've always treasured a remark from there which goes: 'For every six people who love you, there will be half a dozen who loathe you.' The quality of an author's work is not usually determined until after his death. Even Dickens got some pretty bad reviews.