Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules... No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.

Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.

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

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.

Short accounts make long friends.

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.