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

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

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

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.

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.