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"The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use - of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public."
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Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.
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I cannot forgive my friends for dying; I do not find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"
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The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood.Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"
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What music is more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"
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The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.Afterthoughts (1931) "Art and Letters"
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It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.Afterthoughts (1931) "In the World"
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To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolutely sober.Afterthoughts (1931) "In the World"
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How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!Afterthoughts (1931) "Life and Human Nature"
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There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.Afterthoughts (1931) "Life and Human Nature"
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There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.Afterthoughts (1931) "Life and Human Nature"
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All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
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Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
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When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
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