The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

If it comes to a swinging, swing all, say I.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

To make our morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellow men a secret element of gusto.

Now, to be properly enjoyed, a walking tour should be gone upon alone.... Freedom is of the essence, because you should be able to stop and go on and follow this way or that as the freak takes you.... There should be no cackle of voices at your elbow to jar on the meditative silence of the morning.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.