Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.

Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.

(Tradition) is the democracy of the dead.

The first fact about the celebration of a birthday is that it is a way of affirming defiantly, and even flamboyantly, that it is a good thing to be alive.

For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.

There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.

Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.