And though St. John saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators.

Man is at his tallest when he bows.

'As you have made your bed, so you must lie on it'; which again is simply a lie. If I have made my bed uncomfortable, please God I will make it again.

The old idea that the joke was not good enough for the company has been superseded by the new aristocratic idea that the company was not worthy of the joke. They have introduced an almost insane individualism into that one form of intercourse which is specially and uproariously communal. They have made even levities into secrets. They have made laughter lonelier than tears.

The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.

The poetry of art is in beholding the single tower; the poetry of nature in seeing the single tree; the poetry of love in following the single woman; the poetry of religion in worshipping the single star.

Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself.