All grown-ups appear as giants to small children. But Headmasters (and policemen) are the biggest giants of all and acquire a marvellously exaggerated stature.

Above all, trust in the slow work of God.

We glorify God only as we celebrate people

Willmore: There is no sinner like a young saint.

Trust yourself and do what you want to do!!

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.

The man who says that he does not deserve his wife is probably right, but not for the reasons he thinks.

Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.

I become an actor, a quick-change artist, as if I can trap the Prince of Truth in the act of switching a style.

An individual man is a fruit which it cost all the foregoing ages to form and ripen. He is strong, not to do, but to live; not in his arms, but in his heart; not as an agent, but as a fact.

First I laughed my way through Elinor Lipman's book of political tweets. Then I put my ear to the ground and listened to Molly Ivins guffawing from the grave. Lipman is a piquant poetic rock star!