Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

When a bishop at the first shot abandons the worship of Christ and rallies his flock round the altar of Mars, he may be acting patriotically... but that does not justify him in pretending...that Christ is, in effect, Mars.

Women are called womanly only when they regard themselves as existing solely for the use of men.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Freedom, my good girl, means being able to count on how other people will behave.

Of all the anti-social vested interests the worst is the vested interest in ill-health.