Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
The history of art is the history of revivals.
People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
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.
Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.
Our latest moment is always our supreme moment. Five minutes delay in dinner now is more important than a great sorrow ten years gone.
I reckon being ill is one of the greatest pleasures of life provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
To live is like to love - all reason is against it and all healthy instinct for it.
All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
The test of a good critic is whether he knows when and how to believe on insufficient evidence.
If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.
The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
Man unlike the animal has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.
To live is like to love: all reason is against it and all healthy instinct is for it.
Faith is a kind of betting or speculation.