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

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

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

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.

Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.

No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.

The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.