"All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men."
- Hilaire [Joseph Pierre] Belloc (1870 - 1953)

"I'm tired of Love; I'm still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time."
- Hilaire [Joseph Pierre] Belloc (1870 - 1953)

"Oh! Let us never, never doubt what nobody is sure about."
- Hilaire [Joseph Pierre] Belloc (1870 - 1953)

"The Llama is a wooly sort of fleecy hairy goat with an indolent expression and an undulating throat. Like an unsuccessful literary man."
- Hilaire [Joseph Pierre] Belloc (1870 - 1953)

"The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie."
- Hilaire [Joseph Pierre] Belloc (1870 - 1953)

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.""
- Hilaire [Joseph Pierre] Belloc (1870 - 1953)