Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians.

Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.

There should be asylums for habitual teetotalers, but they would probably relapse into teetotalism as soon as they got out.

Brigands will demand your money or your life, but a woman will demand both

Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians.

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.