It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly.

Every child has a right to its own bent. . . . It has a right to find its own way and go its own way, whether that way seems wise or foolish to others, exactly as an adult has. It has a right to privacy as to its own doings and its own affairs as much as if it were its own father.

Morality consists of suspecting other people of not being legally married.

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.

Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job.

As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it's as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers