What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.