Art consists in drawing the line somewhere.

There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong.…A stiff apology is a second insult.

The Common Man, 1950

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of ten times.

—Anselm Feuerbach

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

—G K Chesterton

A yawn is a silent shout.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

—George Bernard Shaw

I am for [Christianity]—and I only hope that some day we’ll give it a trial.

—Elbert Hubbard

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult, and left untried.

—G K Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World, 1910

It has been said that Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult, and hence not tried.

—Elinor MacDonald, Your Greatest Power