That one must either explain life to oneself so that it does not seem to be an evil mockery by some sort of devil, or one must shoot oneself.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.

They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.

I go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that's about as much cooking as I do.

I went straight from shenanigans to crimes against humanity.

Pause and remember - Change will happen the moment you have the courage to change.

I think people recognize I'm very sincere in what I say.

An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't risk anybody laughing at them.

Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on Doctor Who when I was young, though I may be misremembering.

Oh, I don't talk about God.

Grace is given to trade with; it is given to lay out, not lay up.

Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks.