Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.