"Le monde récompense plus souvent les apparences du mérite que le mérite même."

Réflexions morales #166 in François de La Rochefoucauld Maximes

"For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtues, it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue. Men will leave off the heavy task of making good men successful. They will adopt the easier task of making our successful men good."

G.K. Chesterton, “The Book of Job,” in Alberto Manguel, ed., On Lying in Bed and Other Essays by G.K. Chesterton

"Why are expensive cars kept in the drive way and useless junk kept inside the garage?"

One of "Gilbert’s Top Ten Unanswered Questions", in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 4 #7

In my latest National Post column I say Israelis should be proud, and others impressed, that a bribery scandal proves no one in Israel including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is above the law, in stark contrast to its unhappy neighbours.

"’The mystery of life is the plainest part of it."

G.K. Chesterton, quoted by John Peterson in Gilbert Magazine vol. 10 #7 (6-7/07)