One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced; he should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
Anthony TrollopeThe habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
Anthony TrollopeThere is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
Anthony TrollopeThis at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four-and-twenty hours will have elapsed since it was written.
Anthony Trollope