Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.

"I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane." "It never is, sir." "Lane, you're a perfect pessimist." "I do my best to give satisfaction, sir."

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

Christ did not die to save people, but to teach people how to save each other. This is, I have no doubt, a grave heresy, but it is also a fact.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.