"Sin is geographical."

"There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it."

"The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry."

"The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things."

"When he followed the instincts which God had transmitted to him from his ancestry of beasts of prey, he called it sin and asked God to forgive him."

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."

"The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where."

"Thou hast nor youth nor age, but, as it were, an after-dinner's sleep, dreaming on both."

"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."

"My kittens look at me like little angels, and always after doing something especially devilish."

"It's not often that I get the benefit of the doubt."

"The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom..."