The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

Shakespeare . . . If he does not give you delight, you had better ignore him [if you can].

If you question any candid person who is no longer young, he is very likely to tell you that, having tasted life in this world, he has no wish to begin again as a "new boy" in another.

The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself.

Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence.

Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.

Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.