In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road.

There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else.

Further up and further in!

Disobedience to conscience is voluntary; bad poetry, on the other hand, is usually not made on purpose.

According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride.

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.