Evil comes at leisure like the disease. Good comes in a hurry like the doctor.

We lose our bearings entirely by speaking of the 'lower classes' when we mean humanity minus ourselves.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Aristocracy is an atmosphere; it is sometimes a healthy atmosphere; but it is very hard to say when it becomes an unhealthy atmosphere. You can prove that a man is not the son of a king, or that he is not the delegate of a definite number of people. But you cannot prove that a man is not a gentleman.

A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.

Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?

Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of.