Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed.

With all that we hear of American hustle and hurry, it is rather strange that Americans seem to like to linger on longer words.

Like every book I never wrote, it is by far the best book I have ever written.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.

The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

It has always been one of my unclerical sermons to myself, that that remark which Peter made on seeing the vision of a single hour, ought to be made by us all, in contemplating every panoramic change in the long Vision we call life... "It is good for us to be here - it is good for us to be here", repeating itself eternally.