There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain

It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a card-sharper or an attache in the diplomatic service.

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.