Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall be gloriously surprised.

A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.

In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A word is forgotten and cities perish. A lamp is lit and love flies away. An apple is eaten and the hope of God is gone.

Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not merely a summer sun of the prosperous but a winter fire for the unfortunate.

Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.