The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.