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.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

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

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.