Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.

Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church.

Above all nations is humanity.

Personality is lower than partiality.

Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.

Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'

Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.