The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
The love of economy is the root of all virtue.
The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.
The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
Syllables govern the world.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.