There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

Nowadays a parlor maid as ignorant as Queen Victoria was when she came to the throne would be classed as mentally defective.

The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.

From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way.

If all the Churches of Europe closed their doors until the drums ceased rolling they would act as a most powerful reminder that though the glory of war is a famous and ancient glory, it is not the final glory of God.

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.