They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

And, after all, the Athanasian Creed is light and comprehensible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.