I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.

A man filled with meat turns his back on the dry bones of political doctrine. Fanatical devotion to the ruling party comes more readily from the materially deprived At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.