“Life is a lie, and Love a cheat.”

Good women are rarely clever and clever women are rarely good.

There is a graveyard in my poor heart – dark, heaped-up graves, from which no flowers spring.

There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.

Time seems to be wasted more when someone seeks the truth in lies.

I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I’m going, I’m liable to say I’m going to the opera. It’s terrible.

The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

I’d rather be disappointed by the truth than satisfied with a lie.

Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom

It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.

One should go easy on smashing other people’s lies. Better to concentrate on one’s own.