The home is not the one tame place in the world of adventure. It is the one wild place in the world of rules and set tasks.

There are some desires that are not desirable.

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

A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it.

Ingratitude is surely the chief of the intellectual sins of man. He takes his political benefits for granted, just as he takes the skies and the seasons for granted.