Let man be true and every god a liar.

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

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.