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

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.

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.

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

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.

A society becomes a breeding ground of violence and terrorism when it closes its door to new ideas and forces the citizens to live in the prison of conforming thoughts.

Exploration is a dirty game.

He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?''No, I have not.''Well, well, such is fame!

The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.

.. the voice of nature and experience seems plainly to oppose the selfish theory.

Free will is the thing you have to have if you're going to be responsible in this all-or-nothing way. That's what I mean by free will. That's what I think we haven't got and can't have.

I would be very happy to go to America. America is where I was raised and that's exactly what I want.

I'm not afraid of heights, but the idea of falling from them, well, that I'm afraid of.

Books are not about messages. I write to understand my soul

Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.