Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
Arnold Bennett

The moment you're born you're done for.
Arnold Bennett

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
Arnold Bennett

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.
Arnold Bennett

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.
Arnold Bennett

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.
Arnold Bennett

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.
Arnold Bennett

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.
Arnold Bennett