There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

Every profession is a conspiracy against the laity.

Oh, the frontier of hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.

If the English can survive their food, they can survive anything.

I am highly susceptible to the force of all truly religious music, especially to the music of my own church, the church of Shelley, Michelangelo, and Beethoven.

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that only love can fill.