Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.

The more you complain the longer God lets you live

John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since!

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.