We lose our bearings entirely by speaking of the 'lower classes' when we mean humanity minus ourselves.

As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly.

The reason that angels fly is that they take themselves so lightly.

Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out of an English flagon.

When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character.

I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice

Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.