The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion

Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title.

Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.