if a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small.

“I believe firmly in the value of all vulgar notions, especially of vulgar jokes…”

“One of the Franciscans says later, "A monk should own nothing but his harp"; me…”

“Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.”

“The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like…”