Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.