In anything that does cover the whole of your life - in your philosophy and your religion - you must have mirth. If you do not have mirth you will certainly have madness.

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why.

THERE are no wise few; for in all men rages the folly of the Fall. Take your strongest, happiest, handsomest, best born, best bred, best instructed men on earth and give them special power for half an hour and because they are men they will begin to [perform] badly.

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

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

One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.