Whatever else we may say of our own age, for good or evil, nobody is likely to call it an Age of Reason.

To say that a man is an idealist is merely to say that he is a man.

We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them.

When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.

There is no logical connection between flying and laying eggs.

Truth is sacred; and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it.

A beetle may or may not be inferior to a man - the matter awaits demonstration; but if he were inferior by ten thousand fathoms, the fact remains that there is probably a beetle view of things of which a man is entirely ignorant. If he wishes to conceive that point of view, he will scarcely reach it by persistently revelling in the fact that he is not a beetle.