I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.

A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

There's nothing like going on with a thing.

It's dogged as does it.

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.

He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face.

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.