There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

Be alive. Feel it, and be happy of it.

If my phrases shock the reader, that only shows it is high time he or she was shocked.

Let others seek renown in arms; For me wine's wars have greater charms: Then fill the bowl, boy; fill it high: 'Tis better drunk, than dead to lie.

In London November isn't a month, it's a state of mind.

What good it does one to have a hearty, uncontrollable fit of laughter.

The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

I don't persuade to suicide.

"Great guys" can make great husbands.

I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.

True love is doing what is good for a person. False love is doing only that which causes that person to love you more.