What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?

We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.

God's trustiest lieutenants often lack official credentials. They may be professed atheists who are also men of honour and high public spirit.

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.

The plain working truth is that it is not only good for people to be shocked occasionally, but absolutely necessary to the progress of society that they should be shocked pretty often.

Dancing is a very crude attempt to get into the rhythm of life.

The philosopher is Nature's pilot.