If a man only likes victory he must always come late for the battle.

Modern nature-worship is all upside down. Trees and fields ought to be the ordinary things; terraces and temples ought to be extraordinary. I am on the side of the man who lives in the country and wants to go to London.

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

Earth will grow worse till men redeem it, And wars more evil, ere all wars cease.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.

It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything - even pride.

It was the mystical dogma of Bentham and Adam Smith and the rest, that some of the worst of human passions would turn out to be all for the best. It was the mysterious doctrine that selfishness would do the work of unselfishness.