K. Chesterton Man Quotations

But who hath seen the Grocer Treat housemaids to his tea Or crack a bottle of fish sauce Or stand a man to cheese? Gilbert K

Tea, although an Oriental, / Is a gentleman at least; / Cocoa is a cad and coward, / Cocoa is a vulgar beast.

The man who sees consistency in things is a wit; the man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist.

Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.