Earth will grow worse till men redeem it, And wars more evil, ere all wars cease.

There should be a burnished tablet let into the ground on the spot where some courageous man first ate Stilton cheese, and survived.

Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.

Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed.

There are no new lies, no new heresies. Man is simply not that creative.

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.

Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.