Facts by themselves can often feed the flame of madness, because sanity is a spirit.

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

A man running after a hat is not half so ridiculous as a man running after a woman.

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

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

I did try to found a little heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy.

Any man who preaches real love is bound to beget hate. It is as true of democratic fraternity as a divine love; sham love ends in compromise and common philosophy; but real love has always ended in bloodshed.