Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.

Excuse me if I enjoy myself rather obviously! I don't often have the luck to have a dream like this. It is new to me for a nightmare to lead me to a lobster. It is commonly the other way.

The most valuable book we can read, about countries we have visited, is that which recalls to us something that we did notice, but did not notice that we noticed.

the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul.

We should thank God for beer and burgundy by not drinking too much of them.

The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why.

The test of happiness is gratitude.