A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.

But Philip was impatient with himself; he called to mind his idea of the pattern of life: the unhappiness he had suffered was no more than part of a decoration which was elaborate and beautiful; he told himself strenuously that he must accept with gaiety everything, dreariness and excitement, pleasure and pain, because it added to the richness of the design.

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.

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

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.