The accursed power which stands on Privilege (And goes with Women, and Champagne, and Bridge) Broke - and Democracy resumed her reign: (Which goes with Bridge, and Women and Champagne). |
The grace of God is courtesy. |
The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat, with an indolent expression and an undulating throat; like an unsuccessful literary man. |
The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart |
The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all. |
The Microbe is so very small/ You cannot make him out at all,/ But many sanguine people hope/ To see him through a microscope. |
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. |
the more powerful, the more acute, and the more sensitive minds of our time are clearly inclining toward the Catholic side. |
We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lost sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way. |
We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. |
We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. |
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly. |
When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'. |
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read |