The better sort of Ishmaelites have been Christian for many centuries and will not publicly eat human flesh uncooked in Lent, without special and costly dispensation from their bishop.

"It is typical of Oxford," I said, "to start the new year in autumn."

Saints are simply men & women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.

The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant they are.

The better sort of Ishmaelites have been Christian for many centuries and will not publicly eat human flesh uncooked in Lent, without special and costly dispensation from their bishop.

The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.