Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution.

The average bloke . . . hates and fears all freedom, not only for others but for himself, and stamps it out wherever possible.

Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.

A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.

There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature.'" The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" : but beavers and their dams are.

Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language.

...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.