We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed

The decay of society is praised by artists as the decay of a corpse is praised by worms.

If the world grows to worldly, it can be rebuked by the Church; but if the Church grows to worldly, it cannot be adequately rebuked for worldlyness by the world.

The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.

When learned men begin to use their reason, then I generally discover that they haven't got any.

If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

The beautification of the world is not a work of nature, but a work of art, then it involves an artist.