The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may be certain that some belief, and probably not a very credible one, will choose you.

The Bible takes much of its color from whoever is reading it, and it provides a text to support almost every shade of opinion, however preposterous.

On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut up.

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am not at all sure that neglect of it does not constitute a sin of some kind.