Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

We talk of wild animals, but the wildest animal is man.

It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch.

It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!

A faith is that which is able to survive a mood.

The outer ring of Christianity is a rigid guard of ethical abnegations and professional priests; but inside that inhuman guard you will find the old human life dancing like children and drinking wine like men; for Christianity is the only frame for pagan freedom. But in the modern philosophy the case is opposite; it is its outer ring that is obviously artistic and emancipated; its despair is within.