I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!

A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself.

There is moderation even in excess.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.