It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.

The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice

Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.

I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

You tend to close your eyes to truth, beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous.