You Can Bear Anything If It Is

What Passes For An Original Opinion Is, Generally, Merely An Original Phrase. Old Lamps For New - Yes; But It Is Always The Same Oil In The Lamp.

Culture' Means A Long Receptivity To Things Of The Mind And The Spirit.

The Indiscreet Questioner - And By Indiscreet Questions I Mean Questions Which It Is Not Conceivably A Man's Duty Either To The Community Or To Any Individual To Answer - Is A Marauder, And There Is Every Excuse For Treating Him As Such.

The Great Mistake Of The Reformers Is To Believe That Life Begins And Ends With Health, And That Happiness Begins And Ends With A Full Stomach And The Power To Enjoy Physical Pleasures, Even Of The Finer Kind.

You Can Be Slum-born And Slum-bred And Still Achieve Something Worth While; But It Is A Stupid Inverted Snobbishness To Be Proud Of It. If One Had A Right To Be Proud Of Anything, It Would Be Of A Continued Decent Tradition Back Of One.