Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.

“Action is the music of our life. Like music, it starts from a pause of leisure,…”

“Circumstances are the seeds of literature.”

“To-day, in more than half of Europe, man is at the mercy of the police; in 1900…”

“The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: …”