After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.

We can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales.

Of children as of procreation -- the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable

At first it was impressive, but after half and hour deadly monotonous. It was like everything German - overdone.

I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits.

The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.