Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the earth peopled as ever by the inept.

Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.

We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.

It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

If everybody floated with the tide of talk, placidity would soon end in stagnation. It is the strong backward stroke which stirs the ripples, and gives animation and variety.

the pleasure of possession, whether we possess trinkets, or offspring - or possibly books, or prints, or chessmen, or postage stamps - lies in showing these things to friends who are experiencing no immediate urge to look at them.