Truth is sacred; and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it.

There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners.

It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.

It is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home, and the immediate surroundings of his home, as symbolic and significant to his own imagination as he can.

Modern broad-mindedness benefits the rich; and benefits nobody else.

There are some desires that are not desirable.

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.