It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help him

If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy is the theory that x times y is less than y

Love is photogenic. It needs darkness room to develop

Happiness, like health, is probably also only a passing accident. For a moment or two the organism is irritated so little that it is not conscious of it; for the duration of that moment it is happy. Thus a hog is always happier than a man, and a bacillus is happier than a hog

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts; he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.

A dull, dark, depressing day in Winter: the whole world looks like a Methodist church at Wednesday night prayer meeting.

The curse of man, and the cause of nearly all his woe, is his stupendous capacity for believing the incredible.