The whole of creation, with all of its laws, is a revelation of God.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.