Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.

If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.

There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours?

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.