A great curse has fallen upon modern life with the discovery of the vastness of the word Education.

Thrift is the really romantic thing; economy is more romantic than extravagance... thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste... if a man could undertake to make use of all the things in his dustbin, he would be a broader genius than Shakespeare.

Take not thy thunder from us, but take away our pride.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I believe your own accent is inimitable, though I shall practice it in my bath.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.