I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether. - Socrates
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.