A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.

Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension of the kind in existence. Compared with our infallible democracies, our infallible medical councils, our infallible astronomers, our infallible judges, and our infallible parliaments, the Pope is on his knees in the dust confessing his ignorance before the throne of God, asking only that as to certain historical matters on which he has clearly more sources of information open to him than anyone else his decision shall be taken as final.

You have a choice of trusting the natural stability of gold, or the honesty and intelligence of members of government.

The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.