Joseph Wood Krutch

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies.

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.