The reason that angels fly is that they take themselves so lightly.

There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one in which he demands something that the tyrant has not got.

A great curse has fallen upon modern life with the discovery of the vastness of the word Education.

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

All architecture is great architecture after sunset.

Any one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.

Ingratitude is surely the chief of the intellectual sins of man. He takes his political benefits for granted, just as he takes the skies and the seasons for granted.