No man that has ever lived has done a thing to please God--primarily. It was done to please himself, then God next.

It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have been better for us-oh infinitely better for us-if the serpent had been forbidden

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

Life becomes fully understandable only the moment we realise that we are all mad.

The devil's aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despots dread of a newspaper that laughs.

Authorship is not a trade, it is an inspiration; authorship does not keep an office, its habitation is all out under the sky, and everywhere the winds are blowing and the sun is shining and the creatures of God are free.

Canadian girls are so pretty it's a relief now and then to see a plain one.