We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Cats are angels with fur.
Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter and in wine.
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
The question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I, my lords, am on the side of the angels.
He that has no charity deserves no mercy.
Society can only exist on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
All the fame I look for in life is to have lived it quietly.
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.
Two people can form a community by excluding a third.
For most singers the first half of the career involves extending one's repertoire, the second half trimming it.
The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting and retain them without preaching are Wealth, Health and Power.
Being bored is an insult to oneself.
I can count the number of dates I've had on one hand. I wish that guys would approach me, but they don't.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring.
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.