All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.

There is also an insulting speech about 'one grey day just like another'. You might as well talk about one green tree like another.

This is, first and last, the real value of Christmas; in so far as the mythology remains at all it is a kind of happy mythology. Personally, of course, I believe in Santa Claus; but it is the season of forgiveness, and I will forgive others for not doing so.

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

Gratitude produced the most purely joyful moments that have been known to man.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.