A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool.

Sometimes he even embarrassed the company by phrases suggesting that there was some difference between a Liberal and a Conservative.

You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion.

The great misfortune of the modern English is not at all that they are more boastful than other people (they are not); it is that they are boastful about those particular things which nobody can boast of without losing them.

In truth the Church is too unique to prove herself unique. For most popular and easy proof is by parallel; and here there is no parallel.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.