It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll.

London; a nation, not a city.

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.