I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

She’s wonderful. Tell her I’ve never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you.” Waddington, smiling, translated the question. “She says I’m good.” “As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue,” Kitty mocked.

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of Assassins by means of drugs, beautiful women, lush gardens, and religious promises. The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.