...the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

Tolerance is a virtue of people who don't believe in anything anymore.

The average woman is at the head of something with which she can do as she likes; the average man has to obey orders and do nothing else.

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

Tea, although an OrientalIs a gentleman at least;Cocoa is a cad and coward,Cocoa is a vulgar beast.

I've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee.