Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

The truth is rarely pure and never simple

He hadn't a single redeeming vice

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely due to our national stupidity