Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.

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

Of the two lots, the woman's lot of perpetual motherhood, and the man's of perpetual babyhood, I prefer the man's.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.

If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.