A nation that has nothing but its amusements will not be amused for long.

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

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

The best way that a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down a chimney into any house at random, and get on as well as possible with the people inside. And that is essentially what each one of us did on the day that he was born.

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