The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Actually, it is more probable that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, and in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.
There is the same world for all of us, and good and evil, sin and innocence, go through it hand in hand. To shut one's eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.
Whatever happens to oneself happens to another.
I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices.
What is said of one is unimportant. But it is important who said it.
I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
There is no reason for one to display his life to the world. The world doesn't understand.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
The well bred contradict other people and the wise contradict themselves.