On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.

I would not for a moment have you suppose that I am one of those idiots who scorns Science, merely because it is always twisting and turning, and sometimes shedding its skin, like the serpent that is [the doctors'] symbol.

If you attack Stupidity you attack an entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life.

Fiction is not photography, it's oil painting.

If a man wants to be of the greatest possible value to his fellow-creature s let him begin the long, solitary task of perfecting himself.

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

The pleasures of love are for those who are hopelessly addicted to another living creature.