Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity. That is where the true evil lies.

That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.

He was a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

And I urge upon you this - which I think is wisdom - if you find you can't make seventy by any but an uncomfortable road, don't you go.

Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.