God forbid people should read our books to find the juicy passages.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

God. . . created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed -- that is the meaning of evolution.

Cynicism is cheap -- you can buy it at any Monoprix store -- it's built into all poor-quality goods.

I have often noticed that a bribe . . . has that effect -- it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman.