They have invented a phrase, a phrase that is a black and white contradiction in two words - 'free-love' - as if a lover ever had been, or ever could be, free.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Aristocracy is an atmosphere; it is sometimes a healthy atmosphere; but it is very hard to say when it becomes an unhealthy atmosphere. You can prove that a man is not the son of a king, or that he is not the delegate of a definite number of people. But you cannot prove that a man is not a gentleman.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

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

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.

We're all in the same boat, and we're all seasick.