"Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say 'My tooth aches…"

"Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably."

"I am a democrat [believer in democracy] because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason."

"I can imagine a man being so immersed in his own troubles that he does not attend to the sufferings of others, but I cannot imagine a man being so happy that he does not attend to the sufferings of ot…"

"The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid 'dens of crime' that Dickens loved to paint... but in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut finger…"