Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left.

For religion all men are equal, as all pennies are equal, because the only value of any of them is that they bear the image of the king.

The men of the East may spell the stars, And times and triumphs mark, But the men signed of the cross of Christ Go gaily in the dark.

It's not the world that's got so much worse but the news coverage that's got so much better.

In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A word is forgotten and cities perish. A lamp is lit and love flies away. An apple is eaten and the hope of God is gone.

It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.

Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The chief feature of our time is the meekness of the mob and the madness of the government.