A fat man is never so happy as when he is describing himself as "robust.
A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks.
Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.
Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.
You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.
There were sins that were too subtle to be explained, and there were others that were too terrible to be clearly mentioned. For example, there was sex, which was always smouldering just under the surface and which suddenly blew up into a tremendous row when I was about twelve.