[There are m]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'. There may, for ought I know, be admirable reasons for eating peas with a knife, but . . . early persuasion has made me completely incapable of appreciating them.

Almost all education has a political motive.

Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.

War can only be abolished by the establishment of a world government.

The Ten Commandments should be headed like an examination paper: No more than six to be attempted.

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.