There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.

Each new power won by man is a power over man as well. Each advance leaves him weaker as well as stronger.

A society in which conjugal infidelity is tolerated must always be in the long run a society adverse to women.

You can be good for the mere sake of goodness; you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness. You can do a kind action when you are not feeling kind and when it gives you no pleasure, simply because kindness is right; but no one ever did a cruel action simply because cruelty is wrong - only because cruelty is pleasant or useful to him, In other words, badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.

There might be things more terrible even than losing someone you love by death.

When you are not feeling particularly friendly but know you ought to be, the best thing you can do, very often, is to put on a friendly manner and behave as if you were a nicer person than you actually are. And in a few minutes, as we have all noticed, you will be really feeling friendlier than you were.

For the Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies has been at work.