To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

To be bewitched is not to be saved, though all the magicians and aesthetes in the world should pronounce it to be so.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavour to understand him.

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.