We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends for modesty, freshness, and simplicity of heart. Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility - in other people.

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.

Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song.

A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

We have not made cricket and football [soccer] professional because of any astonishing avarice or new vulgarity. We have made them professional because we would have them perfect. We have dedicated men to them as to some god of inhuman excellence. We care more for football than for the fun of playing football.

The home is not the one tame place in the world of adventure. It is the one wild place in the world of rules and set tasks.