“To himself everyone is immortal he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.”
Death“There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.”
Truth“To himself everyone is immortal he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.”
Death“The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”
Truth“Life is not an exact science, it is an art.”
Art“God cannot alter the past, though historians can.”
God“Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.”
Women“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.”
Friendship“The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.”
Health“If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.”
Death“The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.”
Science“Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.”
Funny“The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.”
Money“Priests are not men of the world it is not intended that they should be and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.”
Best“They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'”
Power“Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.”
Life“Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.”
Dreams“Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.”
Death“The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.”
Art“What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.”
Faith“There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.”
Truth“There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.”
Death