“What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?”
“There is no conservatism that will stand out against self-interest.”
“Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me; but it does not avail me that they have tried it.”
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”
“What kind of fool had he been, to throw away romance untried?”
“It isn’t a case of marriage having been tried and found wanting. In this 20th century world, true marriage is deeply wanted, but largely untried.”