[T]he 47th proposition in Euclid might now be voted down with as much ease as any proposition in politics; and therefore if Lord Hawkesbury hates the abstract truths of science as much as he hates concrete truth in human affairs, now is his time for getting rid of the multiplication table, and passing a vote of censure upon the pretensions of the hypotenuse.

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

Find fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible; and some time after the offense, rather than at the time.