Jesus remains unshaken as the practical man; and we stand exposed as the fools, the blunderers, the unpractical visionaries.

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler; I don't like beer.

We all go about longing for love: it is the first need of our natures, the loudest cry of our hearts.

I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me.

It is doubtless wise, when a reform is introduced, to try to persuade the British public that it is not a reform at all; but appearances must be kept up to some extent at least.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters.