“Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different”

“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ”

“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. ”

“The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong way”

“England and America are two countries separated by the same language”

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man”