I grew intoxicated with my own eloquence.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

The expected always happens

I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed Two Nations, governed by different laws, influenced by different manners, with no thoughts or sympathies in common; with an innate inability of mutual comprehension.

I believe absence is a great element of charm.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.