The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.