In the modern conflict between the Smile and the Laugh, I am all in favor of laughing. The recent stage of culture and criticism might very well be summed up as the men who smile criticizing the men who laugh.

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.

Ten thousand women marched through the streets shouting, 'We will not be dictated to,' and went off and became stenographers.

The real pleasure-seeking is the combination of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt.

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.

A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.