We are told that when Jehovah created the world he saw that it was good what would he say now

Men get tired of everything, of heaven no less than of hell; and that all history is nothing but a record of the oscillations of the world between these two extremes. An epoch is but a swing of the pendulum; and each generation thinks the world is progressing because it is always moving.

We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.

The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.

I never expect a soldier to think.

Youth, what a pity to waste it on the young.

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.