"One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good." — H. G. Wells

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning.

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.