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.
The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.
The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.
The customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
The art of government is the organization of idolatry.
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
Scratch an Englishman, and find a Protestant.
