English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket.

I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal.

Specialization is for insects... The race of man? He's a whole other creature.