149 Quotes by Logan Pearsall Smith

When we say we are certain so-and-so can’t possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely did.

All our lives we are putting pennies – our most golden pennies – into penny-in-the-slot machines that are almost always empty.

If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your soul.

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

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.

The newest books are those that never grow old.

Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.

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

To say what you think will certainly damage you in society, but a free tongue is worth more than a thousand invitations.