Being myself animated by feelings of affection toward my fellowmen, I am saddened by the modern system of advertising. Whatever evidence it offers of enterprise, ingenuity, impudence, and resource in certain individuals, it proves to my mind the wide prevalence of that form of mental degradation which is called gullibility.

Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines.

There is something haunting in the light of the moon.

Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. Revolution, legality--counter-moves in the same game; forms of idleness at bottom identical.

And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth.