I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.

I wonder what day I shall die on - one passes year by year over one's death day, as one might pass over one's grave.

Man is emphatically self-made.

To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.

We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.