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

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

In the glad old days, before the rise of modern morbidities...it used to be thought a disadvantage to be misunderstood.

If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.

It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool.

It is a good sign in a nation when things are done badly. It shows that all the people are doing them. And it is bad sign in a nation when such things are done very well, for it shows that only a few experts and eccentrics are doing them, and that the nation is merely looking on.

And though St. John saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators.