As for the general view that the Church was discredited by the War—they might as well say that the Ark was discredited by the Flood. When the world goes wrong, it proves rather that the Church is right. The Church is justified, not because her children do not sin, but because they do.

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

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.

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves.

The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe.

Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.