every frontier is doomed to produce an opposition beyond it. Nothing short of the universal can build the unfenced peace.

Revolution is man's normal activity, and if he is wise he will grade it slowly so that it may be almost imperceptible - otherwise it will jerk in fits and starts and cause discomfort.

The greatest of mythologies divided its gods into creators, preservers and destroyers. Tidiness obviously belongs to the second category, which mitigates the terrific impact of the other two.

Whoever designed this frigging map was having a laugh. Just around the corner, my arse.

Things good in themselves ... perfectly valid in the integrity of their origins, become fetters if they cannot alter.

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.

We love those people who give with humility, or who accept with ease.