If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.