American politicians do anything for money... English politicians take the money and won't do anything.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

Being a specialist is one thing, getting a job is another.

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all.

In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages ... so we just go right ahead and use English for literature, Scotch for sermons, and American for conversation.

To write well it is first necessary to have something to say.

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.