Resistance, which is the function of conservatism, is essential to orderly advance.

The gospel of cheerfulness, I had almost said the gospel of amusement, is preached by people who lack experience to people who lack vitality. There is a vague impression that the world would be a good world if it were only happy, that it would be happy if it were amused, and that it would be amused if plenty of artificial recreation - that recreation for which we are now told every community stands responsible - were provided for its entertainment.

Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.

Necessity knows no Sunday.

Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.

Economics and ethics have little in common.