A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.

No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

The right use of leisure is no doubt a harder problem than the right use of our working hours. The soul is dyed the color of its leisure thoughts.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.