If an editor can only make people angry enough, they will write half his newspaper for him for nothing.

The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go alternately from one extreme to the other. It is a shameful and even shocking fancy; it is the denial of the whole dignity of the mankind. When Man is alive he stands still. It is only when he is dead that he swings.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three ladies.

But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite forget.

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank.

Whether a man chooses to tell the truth in long sentences or short jokes is a problem analogous to whether he chooses to tell the truth in French or in German.