Principles without programs are platitudes.

Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension of the kind in existence. Compared with our infallible democracies, our infallible medical councils, our infallible astronomers, our infallible judges, and our infallible parliaments, the Pope is on his knees in the dust confessing his ignorance before the throne of God, asking only that as to certain historical matters on which he has clearly more sources of information open to him than anyone else his decision shall be taken as final.

The way to deal with worldly people is to frighten them by repeating their scandalous whisperings aloud.

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.

The confusing of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.

Love is a simple thing and a deep thing: it is an act of life and not an illusion. Art is an illusion.

When your eyes are fixed in the stare of unconsciousness, and your throat coughs the last gasping breath - as one dragged in the dark to a great precipice - what assistance are a wife and child?