Man as we know him is a poor creature; but he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is traveling in the right direction.
Worry is interest paid on a trouble before it is due.
The enemies of Freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians.
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.
