The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.