You must all know half a dozen people at least who are no use in this world, who are more trouble than they are worth. Just put them there and say Sir, or Madam, now will you be kind enough to justify your existence? If you can't justify your existence, if you're not pulling your weight in the social boat, if you're not producing as much as you consume or perhaps a little more, then, clearly, we cannot use the organizations of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us and it can't be of very much use to yourself.

All progress is due to the unreasonable person.

The road to ignorance is paved with good editors.

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

Why not give Christianity a trial?

Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead.

It's a dangerous thing to be married right up to the hilt, like my daughter's husband. The man is at home all day, like a damned soul in hell.