Samuel McChord Crothers

“The pious resolutions of the brain are often frustrated by the ungodly impulses of the stomach.”

“A man is known by the company he organizes.”

“For the highest task of intelligence is to grasp and recognize that which is.”

“The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.”

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

“The bookshelf is the book's garden.”

“To say that a man is a Christian and that he is a propagandist is to indulge in a tautology.”

“Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence.”

“The real test of a gentleman is to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.”

“The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything.”