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

No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.

humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle

There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

No one can understand Paris and its history who does not understand that its fierceness is the balance and justification of its frivolity. It is called a city of pleasure; but it may also very specially be called a city of pain. The crown of roses is also a crown of thorns. Its people are too prone to hurt others, but quite ready also to hurt themselves. They are martyrs for religion, they are martyrs for irreligion; they are even martyrs for immorality.

The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his.

There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.