The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.

The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours.

Don't break the silence unless you can improve on it.

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

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

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.