somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

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

Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.

No man can be merry unless he is serious.

A good man's work is effected by doing what he does, a woman's by being what she is.

I am a journalist and have no earthly motives except curiosity and personal vanity.

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.