Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.

When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.

the attempt to break a habit of years is necessarily experimental.

Every new truth begins in a shocking heresy.

A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

... when personal happiness conflicts with any great human ideal, the right to claim such happiness is as nothing compared to the privilege of resigning it.