It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.

As nations improve, so do their gods.

He marvelled at the fact that the cats had two holes cut in their fur at precisely the spot where their eyes were.

The course of the seasons is a piece of clockwork, with a cuckoo to call when it is spring.

The construction of the universe is certainly very much easier to explain than is that of the plant.

The highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men.

Ideas too are a life and a world.