If one lived for ever the joys of life would inevitably in the end lose their savour. As it is, they remain perennially fresh.

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.

The great majority of men and women, in ordinary times, pass through life without ever contemplating or criticising, as a whole, either their own conditions or those of the world at large.

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.

It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin begins is a matter as to which casuists differ. One eminently orthodox Catholic divine laid it down that a confessor may fondle a nun's breasts, provided he does it without evil intent. But I doubt whether modern authorities would agree with him on this point.

It is in our hearts that evil lies, and it is from our hearts that it must be plucked out.

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life.