Education is very admirable but let us not forget that anything worth knowing cannot be taught.

Just as the worst slave-owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realized by those who suffered from it, and understood by those who contemplated it, so, in the present state of things in England, the people who do most harm are the people who try to do most good.

Women's styles may change but their designs remain the same.

By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task completely overwhelm me.

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.

There's no sin but stupidity.