If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.
A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.
Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest.
Patriotism is one of the unalterable facts of man's nature. It is a virtue if you like it, and a vice if you don't like it.