It is doubtless wise, when a reform is introduced, to try to persuade the British public that it is not a reform at all; but appearances must be kept up to some extent at least.

Think what cowards men would be if they had to bear children. Women are altogether a superior species.

I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog.

I was convinced that Ceylon is the cradle of the human race because everybody there looks an original. All other nations are obviously mass produced.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.

Bourgeois morality is largely a system of making cheap virtues a cloak for expensive vices.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.