The division between art and deviousness and crime is sometimes as thin as a cigarette paper.

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in the hope of making some impression upon the inertia and the immovability of the selfish old.

Did you know that Puritanism went hand in hand with dirt, that Oliver Cromwell put a 100 per cent tax on soap and that the repeal of the soap tax was one of the most popular acts of Charles II at his Restoration?

Nothing grows old-fashioned so fast as modernity.

In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains and certain aspects of our system pertain to it which are not dependent on any political party. In this sense, the Crown is the consecrated spirit of Canada.

The division between art and deviousness and crime is sometimes as thin as a cigarette paper.

It is a waste of time to dissipate one's moral zeal in disapproving of royal persons who have mistresses.