“The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.”

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”

“If any religion had a chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.”

“When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. But when they are away, we console ourselves for their absence by dwelling on their vices.”

“The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.”

“Prirodzený čas, dokedy ľudský živočích pociťuje lásku ku svojim potomkom, je šesť rokov.”

“Heaven is the most angelically dull place in all creation”