There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being perhaps better in the quiet of old age and dwell there more undisturbed than in the turmoil of adventure.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions.

Unmitigated seriousness is always out of place in human affairs.

... so in love the heart surrenders itself entirely to the one being that has known how to touch it. That being is not selected; it is recognised and obeyed.

When all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and re-establish themselves alone.