Saints are simply men & women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.
The great charm in argument is really finding one's own opinions, not other people's.
I prefer all but the very worst travel books, to all but the very best novels.
The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.
'I will not stand for being called a woman in my own house' she said.
Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession would be unimaginably offensive, as a healthy counterpoise to unintelligent praise.