Newspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon.

I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.

The great events of the world take place in the brain.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.