Might does not make right! Right makes right!

If it takes a million years for a fish to become a reptile, has Man, in our few hundred, altered out of recognition?

Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.

The nice thing about the queen of Flanders' daughter, had been that she did not laugh at him. A lot of people laughed at you when you went after the Questing Beast - and never caught it - but Piggy never laughed. She seemed to understand at once how interesting it was, and made several sensible suggestions about the way to trap it. Naturally, one did not pretend to be clever or anything, but it was nice not to be laughed at. One was doing one's best.

It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.

It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybody else.

...All endeavours which are directed to a purely worldly end...contain within themselves the germs of their own corruption.