Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.

The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves.

It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case." --

Life is, if anything, the art of combination. Of discrimination. Of freely picking one's own personal pattern out of a hundred choices. Not letting it be picked for you—either by the Establishment, or by the Rebels. Conformity of Hip is no better than Conformity of Square.

God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.

Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.

Making out an invitation list for a party brings out the worst in everyone. It is then that our most ruthless estimates of the people we know come into play.