侦探小说是高尚心灵的正常消遣。

The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

Life is too short to be anything but happy.

腐蚀青年最可靠的方法就是教导他尊重那些思想相同的人，而不是那些思想不同的人。