People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

The truth is the one thing that nobody will believe.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

There is only one person an English girl hates more than she hates her elder sister; and that is her mother.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.