Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
I can resist everything except temptation.
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.