For the pre-Darwinian age had come to be regarded as a Dark Age in which men still believed that the book of Genesis was a standard scientific treatise, and that the only additions to it were Galileo'a demonstration of Leonardo da Vinci's simple remark that the earth is a moon of the sun, Sir Humphrey Davy's invention of the safety lamp, the discovery of electricity, the application of steam to industrial purposes, and the penny post.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

There is only one person an English girl hates more than she hates her elder sister; and that is her mother.

What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults.

If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat

Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them, to deny them things they want, to set them tasks, to punish them when they do wrong, to do all the unpleasant things. And then the father, who has nothing to do but pet them and spoil them, comes in when all her work is done and steals their affection from her.