Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.

Men trifle with their business and their politics but never trifle with their games. It brings truth home to them. They cannot pretend they have won when they have lost nor that they had a magnificent drive when they foozled it. The Englishman is at his best on the links and at his worst in the Cabinet.