Claudia's the sort of girl who goes through life holding onto the sides.

Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life.

Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.

things are never so indescribably ghastly that they can't get worse.

Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.

Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification.

when a person implores you to be reasonable what he means is that you should speed round forthwith to his point of view.

Evil and laughter cannot co-exist.

Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the course of compiling them.

Our only hope rests on the off-chance that God does exist.

There seems to be a peculiar and particular tie between men who have been drunk together.

This is a special date but that was a special time

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

How could the drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.

Every interpersonal situation has a solution in which everyone wins.

Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.

Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.

God chooses people not for what He can do for them, but for the good they can do for others.

All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it.

The artist and the fundamentalist both confront the same issue, the mystery of their existence as individuals.

If you're born in the higher realms, then it's too pleasant, and you don't have any incentive to practice. If you're born in the lower realms, you don't have any opportunity to practice.