Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.

Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

Once the divinity we worshipped made itself visible and comprehensible, we crucified it.

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.

I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog.

Let not the right side of your brain know what the left side doeth.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.