1. “A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.”
2. ”Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.”
3. ”I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.”
4. “It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
5. “The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts, but of values.”
6. “The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilisation of the Fabians.”
7. “The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.”
8. “The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.”
9. “The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.”
10. “The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.”
11. “There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."”
12. “The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.”
13. “The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.”
14. “To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.”
15. “We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.”
16. “What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.”
17. “Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due.”
