The classes that wash most are those that work least.

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.

Physical science is like simple addition: it is either infallible or it is false.

No man can be merry unless he is serious.

I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.

You've got that eternal idiotic idea that if anarchy came it would come from the poor. Why should it? The poor have been rebels, but they have never been anarchists; they have more interest than any one else in there being some decent government. The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes been objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. Aristocrats were always anarchists, as you can see from the barons' wars.

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem".