The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar.

America is the only country ever founded on a creed.

Somehow one can never manage to be an atheist.

Well, if I am not drunk, I am mad," replied Syme with perfect calm; "but I trust I can behave like a gentleman in either condition.

It is very foolish of a man to be frightened of a skeleton, for Nature has put an insurmountable obstacle against running away from it.

Architecture is the alphabet of giants; it is the largest set of symbols ever made to meet the eyes of men. A tower stands up like a sort of simplified stature, of much more than heroic size.

It is true that I am of an older fashion; much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile.