Calculus required continuity, and continuity was supposed to require the infinitely little; but nobody could discover what the infinitely little might be.

The secrets to happiness include enterprise, exploration of one's interests and the overcoming of obstacles.

Africans had to be taught that nudity is wicked; this was done very cheaply by missionaries.

In a democracy it is necessary that people should learn to endure having their sentiments outraged.

The raw fruits of the earth were made for human sustenance. Even the white tails of rabbits, according to some theologians, have a purpose, namely to make it easier for sportsmen to shoot them. There are, it is true, some inconveniences: lions and tigers are too fierce, the summer is too hot, and the winter too cold. But these things only began after Adam ate the apple; I before that, all animals were vegetarians, and the season was always spring. If only Adam had been content with peaches and nectarines, grapes and pears and pineapples, these blessings would still be ours.

Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.

Perhaps the best hope for the future of mankind is that ways will be found of increasing the scope and intensity of sympathy.