They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening

Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law.

Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

After 40, a man is responsible for his face.

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop than at a curate.