There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity.

Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.

Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.