A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend. A book — the unfailing Damon to his loving Pythias. A book that — at a touch — pours its heart into our own.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.

Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.