There is a photographer in every bush, going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.

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.

In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out.

The foundations which we would dig about and find are within us, like the kingdom of heaven, rather than without.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

They say the test of [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?" And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.

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