To visit a new country for the first time is great fun; but it is even greater fun to introduce somebody else to a country that you know.

And I am a mockery, who was God before.

to achieve unity without uniformity is the whole essence of the democratic way of life.

there is practically no difference at all between a family and a nation, except the difference in size. A family is a nation seen through the wrong end of a telescope; a nation is a family seen through the right end of a telescope, and I don't believe it is possible to achieve a happy and successful family life, or a happy and successful national life, unless we bear this simple fact in mind and behave accordingly.

how much of the fun of parenthood lay in watching the children remake, with delighted wonder, one's own discoveries.

In childhood the daylight always fails too soon - except when there are going to be fireworks.

It's just as important to marry the right life as the right person.