Logan Pearsall Smith

“There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.”

“I am always shocked to discover that in real life, thinking is a rare habit.”

“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.”

“The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.”

“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”

“There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.”

“To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.”

“Some people are born old and die young.”

“When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.”

“It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.”

“The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of their blood.”

“Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God.”

“Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.”

“The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for the artist.”

“The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”

“Solvency is entirely a matter of temperament and not of income.”

“How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there were a danger of their coming true!”

“A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.”