The end was contained in the beginning.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay.

Bad writers are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him.

I have tipped waiters, and I have been tipped by waiters.