Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.

I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!

There is no waste of time like making excuses.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.