Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgment.

The choice lies between property on the one hand and slavery, public or private, on the other. There is no third issue.

Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not.

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.

If antiquity be the only test of nobility, then cheese is a very noble thing ... The lineage of cheese is demonstrably beyond all record.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.