To say that a man is an idealist is merely to say that he is a man.

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

The sort of man who admires Italian art while despising Italian religion is a tourist and a cad.

Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having the normal occupation of looking after his own property. When he chooses a trade, he chooses one of the ten thousand trades that involve looking after other people's property.

He is only a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of the Conservative.

There is no way in which a man can earn a star or deserve a sunset.

A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.