The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich.

Excuse me if I enjoy myself rather obviously! I don't often have the luck to have a dream like this. It is new to me for a nightmare to lead me to a lobster. It is commonly the other way.

Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly.

Ten thousand women marched through the streets shouting, 'We will not be dictated to,' and went off and became stenographers.