You ought to know that October is the first Spring month.

Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

The sole perfection which modern civilization attains is a mechanical one; machines are splendid and flawless, but the life which serves them or is served by them, is neither superb nor brilliant, nor more perfect nor more graceful; nor is the work of the machines perfect; only they, the machines, are like gods.

It's not possible to search for God using the methods of a detective... There is no way. You can only wait till God's axe severs your roots: then you will understand that you are here only through a miracle, and you will remain fixed forever in wonderment and equilibrium.

If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.