Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial

A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things.

The belly comes before the soul.

Last of all came the cat, who looked round, as usual, for the warmest place, and finally squeezed herself in between Boxer and Clover; there she purred contentedly throughout Major's speech without listening to a word of what he was saying.

I had been in London innumerable times, and yet till that day I had never noticed one of the worst things about London-the fact that it costs money even to sit down.

The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.