A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

Malice is only another name for mediocrity.

Macmillan's rejection had left him very downcast... Patrick Swift was invited to peruse the contents and decided that the poems should be published.

We are not alone in our loneliness, others have been here and known griefs we thought our special own.

It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned.

What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.

It is impossible to read the daily press without being diverted from reality. You are full of enthusiasm for the eternal verities - life is worth living, and then out of sinful curiosity you open a newspaper. You are disillusioned and wrecked.