Gilbert K. Chesterton

The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.