The newspapers! Sir they are the most villainous - licentious - abominable - infernal - not that I ever read them - no - I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

Women do act their part when they do make their ordered houses know them.

Backpacking is the art of knowing what not to take.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

I don't usually get to play sophisticated women. I usually do the old scrubs, chavs or slappers.

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

Books aren't lumps of paper, but minds on shelves.

If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell.

The saddest line you scraped in your diary was not that you cried but those moments when we both shared smile.

Serving God demands a lot of work

I don't answer. I shut my eyes and hold my breath and hope whoever it is will think I'm not here and go home.

No matter what people are struggling with, or based on whatever. Sexuality, ethnicity, economic status, size. I don't wish smallness for anyone. It's a terrible place to live.

Illegitimacy is the single most important social problem of our time - more important than crime, drugs, poverty, illiteracy, welfare or homelessness because it drives everything else.

Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means to be despised, and a faculty worthy of commendation.

Human work must be done honourably and thoroughly, because we are now Men; whether we ever expect to be angels, or were ever slugs, being practically no matter.

Curriculum should help children make deeper and fuller understanding of their own experience

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.