The Englishmen is at his best on the links and at his worst in the Cabinet.

Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?.

To a mathematician the eleventh means only a single unit: to the bushman who cannot count further than his ten fingers it is an incalculable myriad.

Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by giving him away.

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals