Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

Some of the most frantic lies on the face of life are told with modesty and restraint; for the simple reason that only modesty and restraint will save them.

The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe.

The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

There are two kinds of charlatan: the man who is called a charlatan, and the man who really is one. The first is the quack who cures you; the second is the highly qualified person who doesn't.

There should be a burnished tablet let into the ground on the spot where some courageous man first ate Stilton cheese, and survived.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.