Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

The great saint may be said to mix all his thoughts with thanks. All goods look better when they look like gifts.

The determining bulk of Scotch people had heard of golf ever since they had heard of God and often considered the two as of equal importance.

Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.

The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up.

In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd.

Even the moon is only poetical because there is a man in the moon.