An official man is always an official man, and has a wild belief in the value of Reports.
Arthur HelpsThose who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers
Arthur HelpsThe most common-place people become highly imaginative when they are in a passion. Whole dramas of insult, injury, and wrong pass before their minds,--efforts of creative genius, for there is sometimes not a fact to go upon.
Arthur Helps