I never accepted a knighthood because to me, is honour enough?
Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
In your Salvation shelter I saw poverty, misery, cold and hunger. You gave them bread and treacle and dreams of heaven. I give from thirty shillings a week to twelve thousand a year. They find their own dreams; but I look after the drainage.
Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.
An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general.