A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament.

People decided that it was impossible to achieve any of the good of Socialism, but they comforted themselves by achieving all the bad.

Suppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark?

To be simple is the best thing in the world.

It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.

Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.