"Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience."

"As many truths as men. Occasionally, I glimpse a truer Truth, hiding in imperfect simulacrums of itself, but as I app…"

"The very words "California Bound" are dusted in gold & beckon all men thitherwards like moths to a lantern."

"To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom."

"That love loves fidelity [...] is a myth woven by men from their insecurities."

"People knelt in prayer, some moving their lips. Envy 'em, really I do. I envy God, too, privy to their secrets. Faith…"

"Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff."

"Et si vous nuisez à ma réputation, eh bien, il faudra que je ruine la vôtre!"

"Anything is true if enough people believe it is."

"No organist played a Magnificat but the wind in the flue chimney, no choir sang a Nunc Dimittis but the withering gul…"