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

A man is like a phonograph with half-a-dozen records. You soon get tired of them all; and yet you have to sit at table whilst he reels them off to every new visitor.

God's trustiest lieutenants often lack official credentials. They may be professed atheists who are also men of honour and high public spirit.

If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.

Any belief worth having must survive doubt