“The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.”

“the only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you cant ignore it, top it; if you cant top it, laugh at it; if you cant laugh at it, its probably deserved”

“Every journalist has a novel inside him, which is an excellent place for it.”

“Philosophy which does not seek to impose upon the world its own conceptions of good and evil is not only more likely to achieve truth, but is also the outcome of a higher ethical standpoint than one which, like evolutionism and most traditional systems, is perpetually appraising the universe and seeking to find in it an embodiment of present ideals.”

“Moral indignation is one of the most harmful forces in the modern world, the more so as it can always be diverted to sinister uses by those who control propaganda.”

“After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?”

“Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.”