The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.

Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .

When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character.

Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.

There is no obligation on us to be richer, or busier, or more efficient, or more productive, or more progressive, or any way worldlier or wealthier, if it does not make us happier.

Thrift is the really romantic thing; economy is more romantic than extravagance... thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste... if a man could undertake to make use of all the things in his dustbin, he would be a broader genius than Shakespeare.