The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything, and the young know everything.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated His ability.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That`s his.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
