Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

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

You'll never find the solution if you don't see the problem.

A man imagines a happy marriage as a marriage of love; even if he makes fun of marriages that are without love, or feels sorry for lovers who are without marriage.

Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.

[A pacifist is] the last and least excusable on the list of the enemies of society.

St Thomas (Aqinas) loved books and lived on books... When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, ‘I have understood every page I ever read’.