In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer.

One must choose between God and Man, and all "radicals" and "progressives", from the mildest liberal to the most extreme anarchist, have in effect chosen Man.

If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention are Bill Sykes, Sam Weller and Mrs. Gamp. A burglar, a valet and a drunken midwife-not exactly a representative cross-section of the English working class.

Manchester is the belly and guts of the nation

Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.