God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it.

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

Our purity of taste is best tested by its universality, for if we can only admire this thing or that, we maybe use that our cause for liking is of a finite and false nature.

You cannot have good architecture merely by asking people's advice on occasion. All good architecture is the expression of national life and character; and it is produced by a prevalent and eager national taste, or desire for beauty.

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.

Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer.

The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.