When I was a child . . . Only virtue was prized, virtue at the expense of intellect, health, happiness, and every mundane good.

There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

The sea, the stars, the night wind in waste places, mean more to me than even the human beings I love best.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right

There is no difference between someone who eats too little and sees Heaven and someone who drinks too much and sees snakes.

Perhaps the best hope for the future of mankind is that ways will be found of increasing the scope and intensity of sympathy.