The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it - because it is a fact.

We are always giving foreign names to very native things. If there is a thing that reeks of the glorious tradition of the old English tavern, it is toasted cheese. But for some wild reason we call it Welsh rarebit. I believe that what we call Irish stew might more properly be called English stew, and that it is not particularly familiar in Ireland.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.

You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.

Progress is the mother of all problems.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.