The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe.

Whatever the word "great" means, Dickens was what it means.

Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don't, as a rule.

The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat.

When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.

When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.