To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

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.

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

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.