We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.
Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.
If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.
The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.
A busybody's work is never done.
Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.