Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

Digestion, much like Love and Wine, no trifling will brook: His cook once spoiled the dinner of an Emperor of men; The dinner spoiled the temper of his Majesty and then The Emperor made history--and no one blamed the cook.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066 Our wills are not ours to be crushed and broken; they are ours to be trained and strengthened. Our affections are not ours to be blighted and crucified; they are ours to be deepened and purified. The rich opportunities of life are not held out to us only to be snatched away by an invisible hand patiently waiting for the hour when the cup is sweetest; they are given to us that we may grow, alike through their rise or their withdrawal. They are real, they are sweet, and they are worthy of our longing for them; we gain nothing by calling them dross, or the world an illusion, or ourselves the victims of deception, or by exalting renunciation as the highest virtue. When these opportunities are denied us, it is a real, not an imaginary, loss which we sustain; and our part is not that of bare renunciation, of simple surrender; our part is to recognize the loss, to bear the pain, and to find a deeper and richer life in doing the will of God.

Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to admit it.

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.

As pure as a pearl, And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.

There is probably an element of malice in the readiness to overestimate people: we are laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.

He who has put a good finish to his undertaking is said to have placed a golden crown to the whole.

In oratory the will must predominate.

A sharp tongue and a dull mind are usually found in the same head.

And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.

The happiest miser on earth is the man who saves up every friend he can make.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia.

Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 It is easy to criticise the many failings of the Church; it is all too easy to criticise the lives of those who profess and call themselves Christians; but I should say that it is almost impossible to read the Gospels thoroughly with adult, serious attention and then dismiss the central Figure as a mere human prophet or a tragic idealist. The reaction to such a study may indeed prove to be conversion or open hostility, but it would at least mean the end of childish and ill-informed attacks upon what is supposed to be the Christian religion.

They always win who side with God.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.