The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.

Only friendliness produces friendship. And we must look far deeper into the soul of man for the thing that produces friendliness.

Instead of the machine being a giant to which the man is the pygmy, we must at last reverse the proportions until man is a giant to whom the machine is the toy.

There should be a burnished tablet let into the ground on the spot where some courageous man first ate Stilton cheese, and survived.

The comedy of man survives the tragedy of man.

In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd.

All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.

Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.

Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion.