But pure wit is akin to Puritanism; to the perfect and painful consciousness of the final fact in the universe. Very briefly, the man who sees the consistency in things is a wit - and a Calvinist. The man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist - and a Catholic.

The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality.

There must be some good in the life of battle, for so many good men have enjoyed being soldiers.

There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally.

The English are no nearer than they were a hundred years ago to knowing what Jefferson really meant when he said that God had created all men equal.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.