You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion.

All we know of the Missing Link is that he is missing - and he won't be missed either.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

Progress is a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative.

My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday.

You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion.

Evil always wins through the strength of its splendid dupes; and there has in all ages been a disastrous alliance between abnormal innocence and abnormal sin.