The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood

All progress means war with society.

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.

Your heart and your mouth wil be in two separate parts of your body if you again forget in whose presence you stand.

Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.

He who has never hoped can never despair

When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical.