The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.

Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.

The end of culture is right living

It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most of us makes life worth living and are devoid of envy of what they have missed. I have never made up my mind whether they are fools or wise men.

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.

In the conduct of life we make use of deliberation to justify ourselves in doing what we want to do.

The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.