Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh.

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.

We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?

An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general.

What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.