A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners.

Even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is inhabitable.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, "My dear, we live in an age of transition."

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

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.