Being in a rage was rather like being out in a thunderstorm - you couldn't hear yourself think.

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all.

Once a suggestion has entered the general atmosphere of human thought, it is very difficult to neutralise it.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

Money's a very serious thing - especially when you haven't got any.

The fact is, people who don't have any misfortunes are very irritating to their neighbours. No opportunities for popping in with condolences and new-laid eggs. No visits to the afflicted. No opportunities for the milk of human kindness to flow. Naturally it doesn't.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.