"Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination."
"I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability."
"Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions."
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."
"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."
"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one."