The true savage is a slave, and is always talking about what he must do; the true civilised man is a free man, and is always talking about what he may do.

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them.

Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

All literary style, especially national style, is made up of such coincidences, which are a spiritual sort of puns. That is why style is untranslatable.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

St Thomas (Aqinas) loved books and lived on books... When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, ‘I have understood every page I ever read’.