Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance.

(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices all around them--the soft singing of the waters, the wisperings of the river grass, the music of the rushing wind--should not have taught them a truer meaning of life than this. They listened there, through the long days, in silence, waiting for a voice from heaven; and all day long and through the solemn night it spoke to them in myriad tones, and they heard it not.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It dictates to us our emotions, our passions.

Eat good dinners and drink good wine; read good novels if you have the leisure and see good plays; fall in love, if there is no reason why you should not fall in love; but do not pore over influenza statistics.

Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance.

Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.