His heart; some long word at the heart. He is dying of a long word.

The audiences certainly have declined. If I go to the theatre now I find people come there to eat and smoke and talk to one another. And look like scarecrows.

The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G.K. Chesterton has compared this to the fisherman's line, which allows the fish the illusion of free play in the water and yet has him by the hook; in his own time the fisherman by a 'twitch upon the thread' draws the fish to land.

Never get mixed up in a Welsh wrangle. It doesn't end in blows like an Irish one, but goes on forever.

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.

His heart; some long word at the heart. He is dying of a long word.