There are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands.

I represent the jolly mass of mankind. I am the happy and reckless Christian.

Mr. Blatchford says that there was not a Fall but a gradual rise. But the very word "rise" implies that you know toward what you are rising. Unless there is a standard you cannot tell whether you are rising or falling. But the main point is that the Fall like every other large path of Christianity is embodied in the common language talked on the top of an omnibus. Anybody might say, "Very few men are really Manly." Nobody would say, "Very few whales are really whaley."

Monotony has nothing to do with a place; monotony, either in its sensation or its infliction, is simply the quality of a person. There are no dreary sights; there are only dreary sight seers.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs.