A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life. A blow in cold blood neither can nor should be forgiven.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.