I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler; I don't like beer.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. I found when I tried to put that into practice, not only were other people seldom lovable but I wasn't very lovable myself.

Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless.

Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the Bible is the criterion of righteous intention.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.