A Burnt Child Dreads The Fire.

The Best Models Of English Writing Are Shakespeare And The Old Testament.

Roughly Speaking, Any Man With Energy And Enthusiasm Ought To Be Able To Bring At Least A Dozen Others Round To His Opinion In The Course Of A Year No Matter How Absurd That Opinion Might Be. We See Every Day In Politics, In Business, In Social Life, Large Masses Of People Brought To Embrace The Most Revolutionary Ideas, Sometimes Within A Few Days. It Is All A Question Of Getting Hold Of Them In The Right Way And Working On Their Weak Points.

I Can Imagine Myself On My Death-bed, Spent Utterly With Lust To Touch The Next World, Like A Boy Asking For His First Kiss From A Woman.

Chinese Civilisation Is So Systematic That Wild Animals Have Been Abolished On Principle.

I Am Inclined To Agree With The Head Master Of Eton That Pæderastic Passions Among Schoolboys 'do No Harm'; Further, I Think Them The Only Redeeming Feature Of Sexual Life At Public Schools.