... nothing, of course, is ever so strange as love to the one who is not a lover.

Though the worship of riches is an old religion, there has never been a danger that it might become the sole religion. And yet that is what is surely going to happen in the world.

one of the greatest hindrances to happiness in the present day is our tendency to standardize our conception of it.

... nothing, of course, is ever so strange as love to the one who is not a lover.

though money is a fine servant, as a god, it does seem to develop all the evil qualities of the slave seated between the cherubim.

I know what kind of people would have the hottest corner in my conception of hell. It would be those who have helped to give goodness a bad name.

there is such a mistaken notion abroad in this country that the individual who makes sharp remarks must be sincere, while the one who says pleasant things must be more or less a humbug.