We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.

It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our epoch. But in truth the chief mark of our epoch is a profound laziness and fatigue; and the fact is that the real laziness is the cause of the apparent bustle.

When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.

The past is not what it was.

The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.

Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God