We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press... It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

Shall I tell you the secret of the whole world? It is that we have only known the back of the world. We see everything from behind, and it looks brutal. That is not a tree, but the back of a tree. That is not a cloud, but the back of a cloud. Cannot you see that everything is stooping and hiding a face? If we could only get round in front--

The martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

There nearly always is a method in madness.

What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.