From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

The history of art is the history of revivals.