Every man who will not have softening of the heart must at last have softening of the brain

We are always giving foreign names to very native things. If there is a thing that reeks of the glorious tradition of the old English tavern, it is toasted cheese. But for some wild reason we call it Welsh rarebit. I believe that what we call Irish stew might more properly be called English stew, and that it is not particularly familiar in Ireland.

I would give a woman not more rights, but more privileges. Instead of sending her to seek such freedom as notoriously prevails in banks and factories, I would design specially a house in which she can be free.

We are like the penny, because we have the image of the king stamped on us, the divine king.

Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.

To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.