I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man, nothing but instant flight could save him.

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

First, cut out all the wisdom, then cut out all the adjectives.

I [Death] was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

In religion above all things the only thing of use is an objective truth. The only God that is of use is a being who is personal, supreme and good, and whose existence is as certain as that two and two make four.

You tend to close your eyes to truth, beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.