"By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed."

"Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop you bucket where you are."

"Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to look not only to our own interests, but also the interests of others."

"Friends applaud, the comedy is over."

"It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies."

"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."

"Wherever you come near the human race there's layers and layers of nonsense."

"You can do no great things, just small things with great love."

"Reason should direct and appetite obey."

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."

"I can't think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn't help, just a little bit."

"I don't know how to have casual conversation. You think you're talking about one thing, and either you are and it's incredibly boring, or you're not because it's subtext and you need a decoder ring."